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