Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language
1Reading
Overview
AO1 Reading (35% of the qualification), tested in Component 1 exercises 1 to 4: articles, blogs, reviews, web pages, leaflets, notices and instructions on topics of contemporary interest.
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Facts, opinions, arguments and bias
30 min
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Finding explicit information: skimming, scanning and recall
25 min
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Multiple matching: reading several texts for specific information
25 min
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Following ideas: reference words and linking devices
25 min
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Tone, mood and the writer's attitude
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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Making notes from a text
25 min
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