ENGLISH (0 1) - CISCE

1 13 ENGLISH (01) develop and integrate the use of the fourlanguage skills listening, speaking, reading andwritingfor the purpose of develop a functional understanding of thegrammar, structure and idiomof the To develop the capacity to read efficiently andaccess information develop an appreciation ofgood To experience, through literature, the thoughts andfeelings of the people of the will betwopapers: Paper 1. ENGLISH Language;Paper 2. Literature in of these papers will be oftwo : ENGLISH Language(80 Marks)Internal Assessment(20 Marks)Paper 2:Literature in ENGLISH (80 Marks)Internal Assessment(20 Marks)PAPER 1-- ENGLISH LANGUAGE(Two hours)-80 marksFour questions will be set, all of which will 1:Candidates will be required to write acomposition from a choice of subjects which will testtheir ability to.

2 Organise, describe, narrate, report,explain, persuade or argue, present ideas coherently,compare and contrast ideas and arrive at conclusions,present relevant arguments and use correct style andformat. The subjects will be varied and may besuggested by language or by other stimuli such aspictures. The subjects will be so chosen so as to allowthe candidates to draw onfirst-handexperience or tostimulate their one subject, a number of suggestions about thecontent of the composition will be given, but the use ofthe suggestions will be optional and a candidate will befree to treat the subject in any waythat he/she organisation of subject matter, syntax, punctuation,correctness of grammatical constructions and spellingwill be expected to be appropriate to the mode oftreatment required by the 2.

3 Candidates will have to write a letter froma choice of two subjects requiring either a formal or aninformal mode of treatment. Suggestions regarding thecontent of the letter may be given. The layout ofthe letter with address, introduction,conclusion, etc.,will form part of the assessment. Candidates will beexpected to be familiar with the use of appropriatesalutation, format and style for 3:An unseen passage of prose of about 500words will be given. Uncommon items ofvocabulary,or structure will be avoided. One question will be set totest vocabulary.

4 Candidates will be required to showthat they understand the words/phrases in the context inwhich they have been used. A number of questionsrequiring short answers will also be asked on thepassage. These questions will test the candidates ability to understand the explicit content andorganisation of the passage and to infer information,intentions and attitudes from last question will consist of a summary that willtest the candidates ability to distinguish main ideasfrom supporting details and to extract salient points tore-express them in the form of a summary.

5 Candidateswill be given clear indications of what they are tosummarise and of the length ofthe 4:There will be a number of short answerquestions to test the candidates' knowledge offunctional grammar, structure and usage of thelanguage. All the items in this question will becompulsory. They will consist of sentence completion,multiple choice or other short answer type of 2--LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (Two hours)-80 marksCandidates will be required to answer five questionsfrom at leastthreeof the prescribed textbooks, one ofwhich must be drama, one prose and one and DramaQuestions set will be central to the text.

6 Candidates willbe required to show that they have understood thepassage and are able to clearly give their interpretationof the questions set, which should be in their own wordsand relevant to the may be given from the prose and drama textsleading to questions on the specific poem, or passages from poems, will be given andquestions will be set to test the candidates response tothe poem. The questions will focus on the content,understanding and the personal responseof candidatesto the poem as a :The Class X-ICSE examination paper willbe set on the entire syllabus prescribed for the Class IX internal examination isto be conductedon the portion of this syllabus that is covered duringthe academic Council has not prescribed bifurcation of thesyllabus for this.

7 For list of prescribed text-books see ASSESSMENTP aper 1- ENGLISH will prepare, conduct and recordassessments of theListening and SpeakingSkillsof candidates as follows:Class IX: Three assessments in the course of the X: Two assessments in the course of the of ) Listening SkillsA passage of about 300 words is read aloud bythe examinertwice,the first timeatnormalreading speed (about 110 words a minute)andthe next time at a slower speed. Candidatesmay make brief notes during then answer an objective type test basedon the passage, on the paper recommended number of candidates at asitting is )

8 Speaking SkillsEach candidate is required to make an oralpresentation for about two minutes, which willbe followed by a discussion on the subject withthe examiners, for about three for presentation may include narratingan experience, providing a description, givingdirectionshow to make or operate something,expressing an opinion, giving a report, relatingan anecdote or commenting on a current candidate may refer to brief notes in thecourse of the presentation but reading orexcessive dependence on notes will is recommended that candidates be given an hour forpreparation of their subject for presentation and thatthey be given a choice of subject, on a common assessment will be conducted jointly by the subjectteacher and the external examiner who will each assessthe candidate.

9 (The External Examiner may be ateacher nominated by the Head of the School who couldbe from the facultybut not teaching the subject in example, a teacher of ENGLISH ofClass VIII may be deputed to be an External Examinerfor Class X).Awardof MarksListeningSkills:10 marksSpeakingSkills:10 marksThe total marks obtained out of 20 are to be sent to theCouncil by the Head of the School. The Head of theSchool will be responsiblefor the entry of marks, onthe mark sheets provided by the are required to maintain a record of allassessments conducted inListening and SpeakingSkillsforcandidates of Classes IX and X.

10 Theseinclude copies of the assessmenttests, topics forpresentation and marks awarded. The record will bemaintained for a period of 2 months after the ICSE (10)examinations of the candidates 2-Literature in EnglishSchools will set, assess and record written assignmentsby the candidates as given below:Class IX:Two or three assignments of approximately300 to 400 words X:Two or three assignments of reasonablelength (not exceeding 1500words in total).SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENTSA ssignments should be based on the prescribedtextbooks on the following lines:(i)Character/thematic analysis;(ii)Socio-economic, cultural, historical relevance /background;(iii)Summary / paraphrase.