WHY STUDY

ENGLISH?
ENGLISH
AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
IGCSE EXAM OVERVIEW
- ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

 Core and Extended tier are offered

 Candidates who take Core tier may obtain Grades C to G
 Candidates who take Extended tier may obtain Grades A* to E
 Both Core and Extended levels has two (2) compulsory papers and oral
component.
 Marks for oral component do not contribute to the overall grades, candidate
receive for the reading, writing and listening.
 Result for oral is given on a separate certificate with grades from 1(high) to 5
(low)
Reading and Writing
- 70 PER CENT (%) and divided into 6 exercises
PAPER 1 (CORE) (60 marks)
 Exercise 1 reading exercises (9 marks)
 Exercise 2 multiple matching exercise (8
marks)
 Exercise 3 requires you to read a passage then
complete a form or notes using information
from the passage (note-making) (7 marks)
 Exercise 4 requires you to read a passage and
write a summary of 80 words (12 marks)
 Exercise 5 requires you to write 100 – 150
words. It might be a letter, an email or an
article for a school magazine (12 marks)
 Exercises 6 requires you to write 100 – 150
words. It may be a report, review or article (12
marks)
PAPER 2 (EXTENDED) (80 marks)
 Exercise 1 reading exercises (13 marks)
 Exercise 2 multiple matching exercise (10
marks)
 Exercise 3 requires you to read a passage then
complete a form or notes using information from
the passage (note-making) (9 marks)
 Exercise 4 requires you to read a passage and
write a summary of 100 words (16 marks)
 Exercise 5 requires you to write 150 – 200 words.
It might be a letter, an email or an article for a
school magazine (16 marks)
 Exercises 6 requires you to write 150 – 200
words. It may be a report, review or article (16
marks)
 Listening
- 30 PER CENT (%) is divided into 5 parts
PAPER 3 (CORE) (30 marks)
 Part 1 involves listening to six (6) short spoken
text and giving short answers – no longer than
three words
 Part 2 involves listening to a formal talk and
completing gaps in notes/sentences
 Part 3 involves listening to six short, informal
monologues and match each speaker to
appropriate content
 Part 4 involves listening to an informal
discussion between two speakers and answer 3
option multiple-choice questions
 Part 5 NIL
PAPER 4 (EXTENDED) (40 marks)
 Part 1 involves listening to six (6) short spoken
texts and giving short answers
 Part 2 involves listening to a formal talk and
completing gaps in notes/sentences
 Part 3 involves listening to six short, informal
monologues and matching each speaker to
appropriate content
 Part 4 involves listening to an informal
discussion between two speakers and answer 3
option multiple-choice questions
 Part 5 involves listening to a talk and
completing short notes. Complete sentences
using no more than one or two words
Oral
Component 5 (examination) COUNT-IN: Included in the paper (0511)
 ORAL EXAM lasts about 10 – 15 minutes. Reading: 30%
Includes :
Writing : 30%
 Conversation on general topic such as the
student’s family, hobbies, future. This part is not Listening: 20%
assessed just a warm-up to allow the student to Speaking: 20%
relax (2 – 3 minutes)
 Talk by the student on a topic from an
Assessment Card (2 – 3 minutes) ENDORSED: Separate (0510)
 Assessed conversation between the student and Reading: 35%
the assessor, developing the topic (6 – 9 minutes) Writing : 35%
 A recorded sample of candidate performance is Listening: 30%
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International Examinations