Cambridge IGCSE English – First Language
1Reading
Overview
AO1 Reading: tested in Paper 1 (80% of its marks) and in Paper 2 Section A and Component 3 (20%). Texts from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, fiction and non-fiction, including discursive essays, reviews and articles.
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Answering in your own words: paraphrasing without lifting
25 min
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Finding explicit information: skimming, scanning and recall
25 min
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Following ideas: reference words and linking devices
25 min
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Inference: reading between the lines
30 min
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Meanings of words and phrases in context
25 min
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Facts, opinions, arguments and bias
30 min
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Tone, mood and the writer's attitude
25 min
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Figures of speech and their effects
30 min
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Writers' effects: word choice, imagery and structure
35 min
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Making notes from a text
25 min
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Selecting points for a summary
30 min
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Writing a summary in continuous prose
30 min
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Extended response to reading: writing in role
35 min
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Reading fiction: character, setting, plot, theme and style
35 min
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