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IGCSE English Language Exam
What can you do to revise?Slide2
Paper One
hours long
2 sections50 marks in total
One text
to read
(split up in to short sections)
Plenty of
time
to do the
reading.
Section A is split in to
5
questions
to
answer on the
text.
Section B is a writing task linked in some way to the text.Slide3
Section A Example Questions:
What have you learnt about the man from America
?[
3 marks]What happened to the man and why?[3 marks]How did the other people on the bus react to what had happened? [5 marks]Refer to the whole passage. What have you learnt about China and its people? [7 marks]Consider the whole passage. How has the writer tried to make the story interesting for readers
? [
7 marks]Slide4
An example of what
they
might read…
We had been travelling for more than ten hours through central China’s lush countryside, and were somewhere between the cities of Xi’an and Luoyang. Petrol fumes permeated the crowded bus, making me feel sick. I wanted my day’s journey to end.
There is a sample paper available for you to take home.Slide5
SLOW DOWN!!!
Read slowly and carefully – it’s the single most important and most helpful thing you can do.
“I feel the need the need for speed”Slide6
TIMING
You have 2 hours to complete Paper 1– how many minutes is that?
Take away 20 minutes for reading time.
There are 50 marks – how many minutes could you roughly spend on each mark?If question 1 is worth 3 marks – how many minutes should it take you (maximum)? 120 minutes100 minutes
2
minutes
6
minutes
Quick quiz!
The exam is stressful but ‘training’ helps.Slide7
The exam tests these skills:
Layer 1: what is the text about?
Layer 2: find quotations that prove what it is about
.Layer 3: explain in your own words what the writer is telling you.
Layer 4: explain what the writer means
by using quotations.
Layer 5: summarise what the
writer says & thinks.
Layer 6:
what techniques does the writer use to get their point across.Slide8
Section A Reading
This
section
is split into
5 parts
There are
easier
short questions for you to answer
Overall it is worth
25 marks
See sample paper to take away (Jan 2015)Slide9
Question 1 Finding information
“What have you
learnt about the man from America?”
You are
told to put what
you
have read
in to your own words
TIP
As you read it through underline the facts as you find them – this will make it easier to refer back
What you need to practise at home is spotting the facts / information given in a textSlide10
Question 2 and 3 Explaining / Interpreting Information
Quote from the text to explain/illustrate your answer e.g.
“As an American I wanted privacy…..”
This implies that he did not feel comfortable in his surroundings…pick out phrases - do not copy big chunks of writing.Slide11
Question 4 “
Refer
to the whole passage”
Explain, using your own words, what the writer means or is telling you “What have you learnt about China and its people”SummariseTIP – go through it again underlining what you have ‘learnt’, then organise these points in to a summary of your own writing and incorporating short quotes
I don’t know what those words mean…
Have a
guess – use clues in the passage
Try choosing a word and replacing it with another one that makes logical sense.Slide12
Help
Strategy One:
Look for recognisable words within the word.
The compartment was large, well lighted and comfortable, with a toilet and sink in an adjoining room.Adjoining looks like add + joining.
This might mean that another room with a toilet and sink has been
added
onto the main compartment, or that it
joins
on to the main compartment.
Strategy Two:
Look
at information around the word to see if you can work out the meaning of the word.
Where do you come from? What do you do? Married or single? Any children? This nagging made me
evasive
, secretive, foolish, an inventor of far-fetched stories.
Evasive looks like it means avoidance because all the other adjectives make the character seem like they don’t want to give the information that they are being nagged for.Slide13
What is a summary?
A summary – or précis – is a shorter version of a longer piece of writing.
The summary captures all the most important parts of the original
, but expresses them in a much shorter space.Slide14
Example
Original
text
‘At a typical football match we are likely to see players committing deliberate fouls, often behind the referee’s back. They might try to take a throw-in or a free kick from an incorrect but more advantageous positions in defiance of the clearly stated rules of the game. They sometimes challenge the rulings of the referee or linesmen in an offensive way which often deserves exemplary punishment or even sending off. No wonder spectators fight amongst themselves, damage stadiums, or take the law into their own hands by invading the pitch in the hope of affecting the outcome of the match.’ [100 words]Slide15
Example
Summary
Unsportsmanlike behaviour by footballers may cause hooliganism among spectators.
[9 words]Slide16
Another question that’s tricky
- Question 5: “Consider the whole passage”
“How has the writer tried to make the story interesting for readers?”I know – it’s an exam – it’s not ‘interesting’ – it’s pressureBUTThis question is about techniques the writer uses, not if you really are interested!REMEMBERHumour, facts, persuasive language, descriptive language, emotive language, repetition, use of punctuation . . . Slide17
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Ways to help
Use the iceberg methodSlide18
Rooted in text
Point offered in answer
Evidence for that in text
Impression / effect createdSlide19
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
OnomatopoeiaQuotationsFacts/statisticsOpinionConnectives
Learn the most common language devices
Find examples for each …
I
f you can’t remember what they mean …
C
heck
now !!!Slide20
Section B: Writing (25 marks)
Choose
one
question from this sectionRemember to:planparagraphcommunicate clearly. At the end:read
check
correct
.
SPAG is marked in this section
PROOF READ CAREFULLY Slide21
This question will ask the students to write a :
P
iece of descriptive writing
Story
Piece of persuasive writing (
a
rgue for or against)
Section B
R
ead the different types of genre and revise the different formats.
Think
about the choices offered – what skills are they looking for?Slide22
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Practise: using
Sensory words
Give me 5!
If you were holding a
baby
what would you:
See
Hear
Smell
Taste
Touch
HINT
Story or description
Use these words to create images in writing.Slide23
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www.aqa.org.uk
This
site is open access and contains:
Past papers
Resources
Information on the course
Examiner tips
Useful websites list
BBC
Bitesize
– a useful website for revision containing advice and examples