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Offline Galleria

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IGCSE English as a first language references needed .
« on: August 18, 2010, 03:06:19 pm »
Hi so,
My school gave this bunch of past papers and some stuff for First Language English and there happens to be examples for a few of the papers, which looks like it was from the cie site.
does anyone have it for all the years ?
I really need to read examples to do good in my exams in Oct/Nov .

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Re: IGCSE English as a first language references needed .
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2010, 03:22:53 pm »
that's not at all what i'm looking for -___-
i'm looking for examples for the questions in the exams that real examiners had written. They arrange it in A, B, C and other grades.

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Re: IGCSE English as a first language references needed .
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2010, 03:25:42 pm »
that's not at all what i'm looking for -___-
i'm looking for examples for the questions in the exams that real examiners had written. They arrange it in A, B, C and other grades.


Attach one of the papers here, please.

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Re: IGCSE English as a first language references needed .
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2010, 03:32:38 pm »
Uh, well I don't have it like that.
It's in hard copy form and all I can do is take a pic and upload.

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Re: IGCSE English as a first language references needed .
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2010, 04:47:08 am »
Uh, well I don't have it like that.
It's in hard copy form and all I can do is take a pic and upload.

You could do that... I can then tell you if I have more of those.

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Re: IGCSE English as a first language references needed .
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2010, 09:04:37 am »
that's not at all what i'm looking for -___-
i'm looking for examples for the questions in the exams that real examiners had written. They arrange it in A, B, C and other grades.

Why don't you buy any IGCSE Guide?

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Re: IGCSE English as a first language references needed .
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2010, 09:09:05 am »
I'll ask my teacher for the igcse standard booklet...should help  :-\


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Re: IGCSE English as a first language references needed .
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2010, 08:58:46 am »
I don't think you actually need a study guide. English, unlike other subjects is not something you can study hard for. Its something you get from reading alot, writing alot and speaking in good english.

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Re: IGCSE English as a first language references needed .
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2010, 10:47:27 am »
I don't think you actually need a study guide. English, unlike other subjects is not something you can study hard for. Its something you get from reading alot, writing alot and speaking in good english.

But you also need to know how the examiner will mark your paper and what exactly they are looking for.

However, like you said, to do well in English you need be exposed to a lot of good literature.

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Re: IGCSE English as a first language references needed .
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2010, 09:29:59 am »
Well, Ari, that can be accomplished by reading the marking schemes online. Its quite broadly defined so its not something strictly set in stone.

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Re: IGCSE English as a first language references needed .
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2010, 09:43:38 am »
Well, Ari, that can be accomplished by reading the marking schemes online. Its quite broadly defined so its not something strictly set in stone.

Yeah, true, but it gives you a general idea. You can work out how to conform to the set standard.

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Re: IGCSE English as a first language references needed .
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2010, 07:35:39 am »
LOL nooo . it's just not reading and sh**t . i just need to see what the examiners expect from us . i want to see the kind of essays that can get 23/24 out of 25 . -___-

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Re: IGCSE English as a first language references needed .
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2010, 07:53:45 am »
LOL nooo . it's just not reading and sh**t . i just need to see what the examiners expect from us . i want to see the kind of essays that can get 23/24 out of 25 . -___-

You know for the language analysis part ? Open up the Examiner's Report, they ALWAYS give examples of the best answers to that question.