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Learner Guide

Cambridge IGCSE

(9fi1)

First Language English 0990

For examination from 2020

InteractiveVersion 1

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Contents

Section 1:

About this guide 4

Section 2:

Syllabus content - skills and understanding 5

Section 3:

How you will be assessed 6

Section 4:

What skills will be assessed 10

Section 5:

Example candidate response 11

Section 6:

Revision 19

Section 7:

Useful websites 33

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Section 1: About this guide

This learner guide explains what you need to know about your Cambridge IGCSE (91) First Language English course.

It will help you to understand:

the skills you should develop by taking this Cambridge IGCSE (91) course how you will be assessed what examiners are looking for in the answers you write

how you can revise effectively, using our revision tips and interactive revision checklist (Section 6).

You can use this guide to help you during your Cambridge IGCSE (91) First Language English course, but remember that it

is important to read widely - both for your own enjoyment and to increase your awareness of the different ways in which

English can be used. Try to read different types of text, such as short stories, novels, newspaper reports, magazine articles,

travel writing, autobiographies and biographies.

Reading a wide range of texts will help to inform and inspire your writing, and help to increase your understanding of

how to write for different purposes and audiences

Alongside your skills in reading and writing, you also need to develop your speaking and listening skills, e.g. by engaging in

conversations.

Cambridge IGCSE (91) qualications are accepted and valued by leading universities and employers around the world as

evidence of academic achievement. Following the Cambridge IGCSE (91) First Language English course will help you to

understand the subject and develop the skills you need for your next step in education or employment. This guide provides

ideas and information to help you make the most of the opportunities your Cambridge IGCSE (91) course offers to become

an appreciative and critical reader, writer, speaker and listener of English.

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Section 2: Syllabus content - skills and

understanding During your Cambridge IGCSE (91) First Language English course you will need to: develop your ability to communicate clearly, accurately and effectively when speaking and writing learn how to use a wide range of vocabulary, and the correct grammar, spelling and punctuation

develop your personal style of writing and speaking, as well as your awareness of the audience you are addressing.

You can think of your Cambridge IGCSE (91) First Language English course as having three main areas of skills and

understanding:

Reading

Writing

Speaking and listening.

Here is an outline of the skills you should aim to have developed by the end of your course.

Reading

You need to be able to:

R1 demonstrate understanding of explicit meanings R2 demonstrate understanding of implicit meanings and attitudes R3 analyse, evaluate and develop facts, ideas and opinions, using appropriate support from the text R4 demonstrate understanding of how writers achieve effects and inuence readers R5 select and use information for specic purposes.

Writing

You need to be able to:

W1 articulate experience and express what is thought, felt and imagined W2 organise and structure ideas and opinions for deliberate effect W3 use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures appropriate to context W4 use register appropriate to context W5 make accurate use of spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Speaking and listening

You need to be able to:

SL1 articulate experience and express what is thought, felt and imagined SL2 present facts, ideas and opinions in a cohesive order which sustains the audience"s interest SL3 communicate clearly and purposefully using uent language SL4 use register appropriate to context SL5 listen and respond appropriately in conversation.

These skills are sometimes called

assessment objectives as they are the skills you will want to show you have when they are tested at the end of your course.

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Section 3: How you will be assessed

There are four components available in the Cambridge IGCSE (91) First Language English course. You will take either two

or three components in total. Find out from your teacher which components you will be taking, and when you will be taking

them.

At the end of your course, your reading and writing skills will be assessed for your nal grade for Cambridge IGCSE (91) First

Language English. There are two different options for how this can happen.

Option one

You will take two examinations.

Paper 1

Reading

Paper 2

Directed Writing and

Composition

AND OR

Option two

You will take one examination and submit a coursework portfolio of written assignments completed during your course.

Paper 1

ReadingComponent 3

Coursework Portfolio

AND

The same reading and writing skills will be tested in both options, and you will be able to access the full range of grades for the

Cambridge IGCSE (91) qualication.

There is also an extra option for assessing your speaking and listening skills:

Component 4

Speaking and Listening

Test

Marks for speaking and listening do not contribute to the overall grade you receive for the reading and writing components.

Instead, where you perform to an appropriate standard, your Cambridge IGCSE (91) certicate will also record an additional

speaking and listening grade.

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Components at a glance

The table below gives you further information about each of the components. ComponentTime and marksSkills assessedDetailsPercentage ofquotesdbs_dbs4.pdfusesText_7

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