Teaching Syllabus

  • critically and with accuracy, understanding and appreciation, a wide range of literary and informational/functional texts from print and non-print sources.

  • in internationally acceptable English (Standard English) that is grammatical, fluent, mutually intelligible and appropriate for different purposes, audiences, contexts and cultures.

  • accurately and appropriately as well as understand how speakers/writers put words together and use language to communicate meaning and achieve impact.

Writing (1 hour 50 minutes)

Section A: Editing

Candidates identify and edit grammatical errors in a short written text.

Section B: Situational Writing

Candidates write 250–350 words on a given situation which will involve viewing a visual text.

Section C: Continuous Writing

Candidates write 350–500 words on one of four topics set

Scheme of Assessment

Scheme of Assessment

Comprehension (1 hour 50 minutes)

Section A

Candidates respond to questions based on Text 1, a visual text.

Section B

Candidates respond to a variety of questions based on Text 2 which is a narrative or a recount.

Section C

Candidates respond to a variety of questions based on Text 3, a non-narrative text, and write an 80-word response to a summary writing task

Listening (About 45 minutes)

Section A

Candidates respond to a variety of listening tasks based on a number of audio recordings that the candidates will hear twice.

Section B

Candidates listen to an audio recording and do a simple note-taking exercise. Candidates will hear the recording only once.

Oral Communication (About 20 minutes, including 10 minutes of preparation time)

The two parts in this paper are thematically linked.

Part 1: Reading Aloud

Candidates read aloud a short text, presented on a computer screen.

Part 2: Spoken Interaction

Candidates engage in a discussion with the Examiners on a topic based on a visual stimulus in the form of a video clip.