Syllabus Cambridge IGCSE French 0520
Assessment objectives
Content overview
A. Everyday activities
B. Personal and social life
C. The world around us
D. The world of work
E. The international world
Assessment overview
Paper 1 Listening 25% Approximately 45 minutes
40 marks
Candidates listen to a number of recordings and answer multiple-choice and matching questions
Paper 2 Reading 25% 1 hour
Paper 3 Speaking 25% Approximately 10 minutes
45 marks
candidates read a number of texts and multiple-choice and matching questions as well as requiring short answers.
Paper 4 Writing 25% 1 hour
Candidates complete one role play and conversations on two topics.
Internally assessed and externally moderated
40 marks
45 marks
Candidates complete one form-filling task, one directed writing task and one task in the format of an email/letter or article/blog
AO1 Listening
AO2 Reading
AO3 Speaking
AO4 Writing
L1:. understand the main points and key information in simple everyday material
L2:. understand clear speech on a range of familiar topics
L3:. understand the description of events and expression of ideas, opinions and attitudes in simple texts
L4:. identify and select relevant information in predictable texts
R1:. understand the main points and key information in simple everyday material
R2:. understand authentic factual texts on a range of familiar topics
R3:. understand the description of events and expression of ideas, opinions and attitudes in simple texts
R4:. identify and select relevant information in predictable texts
S1:. communicate clearly and effectively in a range of predictable everyday situations
S2:. engage in conversations on familiar topics, expressing opinions and feelings
S3:. use a range of structures and vocabulary with reasonable accuracy
S4:. demonstrate some ability to maintain interaction
S5:. show some control of pronunciation and intonation
W1:. communicate simple factual information clearly for everyday purposes
W2:. write simple phrases and sentences on a familiar topic
W3:. write simple connected texts describing events, experiences, opinions and hopes and ambitions
W4:. use a range of simple vocabulary and language structures reasonably accurately
•• Time expressions (e.g. telling the time, days, days of the week, months, seasons)
•• Food and drink (e.g. meals, fruit and vegetables, meat, fish and seafood, snacks, drinks, cutlery and utensils)
•• The human body and health (e.g. parts of the body, health and illness
•• Travel and transport
•• Self, family and friends
•• In the home (e.g. rooms, living room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, furniture and furnishings, garden, household,appliances)
•• Colours
•• Clothes and accessories
•• Leisure time (e.g. things to do, hobbies, sport)
•• People and places (e.g. continents, countries and nationalities, compass points)
•• The natural world, the environment, the climate and the weather
•• Communications and technology (e.g. the digital world, documents and texts)
•• The built environment (e.g. buildings and services, urban
areas, shopping)
•• Measurements (e.g. size, shape)
••Education (e.g. learning institutions, education and training,the classroom, learning tools, subjects, studying)
•• Work (e.g. jobs and careers, the workplace)
•• Countries, nationalities and languages
•• Culture, customs, faiths and celebrations