IGCSE-英语作为第二外语学习指导

LearnerGuideforCambridgeIGCSEEnglishasaSecondLanguage©CambridgeInternationalExaminations2012LearnerGuideforCambridgeIGCSE®EnglishasaSecondLanguageHowtousethisguideTheguidedescribeswhatyouneedtoknowaboutyourIGCSEEnglishasaSecondLanguage)examination.Itwillhelpyoutoplanyourrevisionprogrammefortheexaminationsandwillexplainwhatwearelookingforinyouranswers.ItcanalsobeusedtohelpyoutorevisebyusingthetickboxesinSection4,‘Whatyouneedtodo’,tocheckwhatyouhaverevised.Theguidecontainsthefollowingsections:Section1:Howwillyoubetested?ThissectiongivesyouinformationaboutthedifferentExaminationPapersthatyouwilltake.Section2:ExaminationtipsThissectiongivesyouadvicetohelpyoudoaswellasyoucan.Someofthetipsaregeneraladviceandsomearebasedonthecommonmistakesthatlearnersmakeinexams.Section3:Whatwillbetested?Thissectiondescribestheareasofknowledge,understandingandskillsthattheexaminationpaperswilltestyouon.Section4:WhatyouneedtodoThissectionshowsthesyllabusinasimplewaysothatyoucancheckthat:•Youhavepractisedeachskill.•Youcanunderstandandrespond,inEnglish,inavarietyofcontextsandsituations.•Youarewellpreparedforthelevelofexamination(CoreorExtended)youwillbetaking.•YouhavecoveredenoughtopicsandthemestobeabletoshowyourskillsinwritingandspeakingEnglish.Section5:UsefulwebsitesSection6:AppendixThissectionshowsyoutheimportanceofthecommandwordsandphrasesthatareusedinexaminationquestions.Italsogivesyouadditionalhintsanddetails,whichwillhelpyoufeelmoreconfidentwhenyoutaketheexamination.LearnerGuideforCambridgeIGCSEEnglishasaSecondLanguage©CambridgeInternationalExaminations2012Section1:Howwillyoubetested?Youwillprobablytakethreeparts:•ReadingandWritingquestionPaper•ListeningquestionPaper•SpeakingTestTherearetwodifferentoptionsforIGCSE:Option1:Thefirstoptionisdetailedbelow:youtaketwopapers–theReadingandWritingpaper,andtheListeningpaper,whichtogethermakeupyourgrade.Let’slookatthefirsttwopapersyouwilltake.IfyourteacherthinksyoushouldenterfortheCoreexamination,youwilltakePapers1and3.IfyourteacherthinksyoushouldenterfortheExtendedexamination,youwilltakePapers2and4.YourteacherwillassessyourskillstowardstheendofyourIGCSEcourseandwilldiscusswithyouwhichPapersandwhichlevelofexamination(CoreorExtended)youshouldtake.Youmayalsowishtodiscussthedecisionwithyourparents.PapernumberandlevelofexaminationHowlongandHowmanymarks?What’sinthepaper?Whichskillsarebeingtested?What’sthe%ofthetotalmark?Paper1(Core)OR:↓1hour30minutes(70marks)Exs.1,2,4–ReadingEx.3–Reading&Writingcombined.Exs.5,6,7–Writing70%Paper2(Extended).2hours(90marks)Exs.1,2,4–ReadingExs.3,5–Reading&WritingcombinedExs.6&7–Writing70%Paper3(Core)OR:↓30minutes(30marks)1)Listeningandrespondingtoshortconversations.2)Listeningandrespondingtolongertalksandinterviews.30%Paper4(Extended).45minutes(36marks)1)Listeningandrespondingtoshortconversations.2)Listeningandrespondingtolongertalksandinterviews.30%LearnerGuideforCambridgeIGCSEEnglishasaSecondLanguage©CambridgeInternationalExaminations2012Youwillalso,normally,takeanOraltest,eitherPaper5orPaper6,whichtestsyourspeakingskills.PaperNumberHowlongandHowmanymarks?What’sinthePaper?What’sthe%ofthetotalmark?Paper5SpeakingTestOR:↓Upto15minutes30marksAconversationwiththeExaminerandadiscussionofatopiconacardchosenbytheExaminer.Notincludedinyourgrade.Aseparateresultisgiven.Paper6OralCourseworkCompletedduringyourcourse.(30marks)Coursework–3differentspeakingactivities,e.g.roleplay,telephoneconversation,interview.Thetestswillbeconductedandmarkedbyyourteacherduringyourcourse.Notincludedinyourgrade.Aseparateresultisgiven.TheseOralTestsdonotcontributetoyouroverallresult,becausetheyaremarkedasaseparateexamination,andyouwillbegivenaseparateresult.YoushouldaskyourteacherifyouaretakingPaper5or6.Option2:Thesecondoptionisdetailedbelow.ThedifferenceisthatthemarkforyourSpeakingTestisincludedinyourgrade.Thisiscalled‘Count-inOral’.30%ofyouroverallmarkissharedbetweenListeningandSpeaking–15%foreachskill.PapernumberandlevelofexaminationHowlongandHowmanymarks?What’sinthepaper?Whichskillsarebeingtested?Whatisthe%ofthetotalmark?Paper1(Core)OR:↓Ihour30minutes(70marks)Exs.1,2,4–ReadingEx.3–Reading&Writingcombined.Exs.5,6,7-Writing70%Paper2(Extended)2hours(90marks)Exs.1,2,4–ReadingExs.3,5–Reading&Writingcombined70%LearnerGuideforCambridgeIGCSEEnglishasaSecondLanguage©CambridgeInternationalExaminations2012Exs.6&7-WritingPaper3(Core)OR:↓30minutes(30marks)1)Listeningandrespondingtoshortconversations.2)Listeningandrespondingtolongerconversationsandinterviews.15%Paper4(Extended)45minutes(36marks)1)Listeningandrespondingtoshortconversations.2)Listeningandrespondingtolongerconversationsandinterviews.15%Paper5SpeakingTestOR:↓Approximately15minutes.(30marks)ConversationwiththeExamineranddiscussionofatopiconacardchosenbytheExaminer.15%Paper6OralCourseworkCompletedduringyourcourse.(30marks)Coursework–3differentspeakingactivities,e.g.roleplay/telephoneconversation/interview.Thetestswillbeconductedandmarkedbyyourteacherduringyourcourse.15%Ifyoudecidewithyourteacherthatthisoptionisbetterforyou,youwon’thavetostud