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Qualification => IGCSE/ GCSE => Queries => Topic started by: methebest on June 22, 2010, 03:30:13 pm
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Guys can you all please help me on English paper 3 in india my sir says it is tough and we will be doing that instead of coursework what are mainly these two things i have a brief idea about it but can someone who's already given such a paper tell me something about this..??
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Okay IGCSE FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH 0500/03 (paper 3) is mainly "Directed Writing and Composition" where in section 1 you got Directed writing in which they will give you a situation/scenario/case, which you need to adapt it and thoroughly understand and answer a question on the same.
The questions might range from Letter Writing, Diary Writing, Dialogue, Speech, Report, Leaflet etc. (you cannot predict which one will possibly appear, once in some session students had to write a Tour guide or something, I dont exactly remember.)[25 marks]
Sections 2 is about Compositions, which a choice of 6 titled under Argumentative/discursive writing, Descriptive writing and Narrative writing. So you can choose any one suiting your type of writing.[25 marks] Only way to prepare yourself for this section(also the paper) would be solving each and every topic from the past paper and get it corrected by you teacher.
What exactly do you want to know? That would also help...
I've got a few notes too on how to write essays, summaries, style analysis/writer's effects etc. I need to search them I'll try posting them. ;)
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Oh also I'm sorry I dont have an idea about coursework.
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first of all VIN thanx and u changed ur name?? OMG what you do....
never mind By the way +rep for the big explanation which was very helpful and believe i read it all(i am very honest..;))
and about coursework it's okay you don't know but does anyone know about it??
PLEASE HELP NEEDED...
thanx a lot in advance..!!! :) :)
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There's this girl called BlackBunny or something she did coursework I THINK.
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oh k thanx hope she helps or better i'll just pm her but still if anyone knows plz help me..:)
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first of all VIN thanx and u changed ur name?? OMG what you do....
never mind By the way +rep for the big explanation which was very helpful and believe i read it all(i am very honest..;))
and about coursework it's okay you don't know but does anyone know about it??
PLEASE HELP NEEDED...
thanx a lot in advance..!!! :) :)
hahahaha that's apparently my disorder ::) jk
haha Im sure you read it all ;) your welcome ;D
yes I really hope someone gives an explanation for coursework. ;) I'll somehow try to learn about it too.
Good Luck with exams, long time I know, but work hard ;) :D Im sure you'll do well
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hahahaha that's apparently my disorder ::) jk
haha Im sure you read it all ;) your welcome ;D
yes I really hope someone gives an explanation for coursework. ;) I'll somehow try to learn about it too.
Good Luck with exams, long time I know, but work hard ;) :D Im sure you'll do well
ya i am studying a lot i have promised at least 3 A* in my results....:)
same to you..
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ya i am studying a lot i have promised at least 3 A* in my results....:)
same to you..
Yes I'm sure you'll get more ;)
Thank you! I just did my IGs this summer ;) I'm doing A - Levels next.
By the way when are you giving your boards? Feel free to ask anything! :D
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Yes I'm sure you'll get more ;)
Thank you! I just did my IGs this summer ;) I'm doing A - Levels next.
By the way when are you giving your boards? Feel free to ask anything! :D
i have my boards next year long time but this year is more tougher than the board also 'cause most of the syllabus get's over right now only...
ahh good for you enjoy your vacations and so late dinner is not good i had my dinner before 8:00 i always do you feel light when you go to sleep...;) but anyway your life live it the way you want...
so wat plans for the vacations..??
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i have my boards next year long time but this year is more tougher than the board also 'cause most of the syllabus get's over right now only...
ahh good for you enjoy your vacations and so late dinner is not good i had my dinner before 8:00 i always do you feel light when you go to sleep...;) but anyway your life live it the way you want...
so wat plans for the vacations..??
Yes that's absolutely true.
haha thanks for the advice! :D No long vacation for me, schools starting on the 1st :-\ Dont worry after school starts mom wont let me be so disorganised! :D
I'll post those notes which I promised, give me some time ;)
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Yes that's absolutely true.
haha thanks for the advice! :D No long vacation for me, schools starting on the 1st :-\ Dont worry after school starts mom wont let me be so disorganised! :D
I'll post those notes which I promised, give me some time ;)
ahh never mind for the notes take your time it's alright with me... hey you know we have been started with MUN in our schools and i am sure we are gonna have fun with that...:)
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OK I've compressed them, tell me if it doesn't dont work
WOW really? I dont know much about it though. We were told once long time ago about it, in school. Sounds great, have fun! :D
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ahh never mind for the notes take your time it's alright with me... hey you know we have been started with MUN in our schools and i am sure we are gonna have fun with that...:)
MUN is a great thing to do!
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MUN is a great thing to do!
ahh have you done it?
can you tell me something about it 'cause this is the first time i'll be doing it..... :)
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ahh have you done it?
can you tell me something about it 'cause this is the first time i'll be doing it..... :)
Well, you need to be a good debater.
You need to have good background knowledge on your country....
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Well, you need to be a good debater.
You need to have good background knowledge on your country....
yeah i debate very well and about my country i do know a lot of things but actually i wanted to know that what exactly is coursework about?
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In short, the key to doing well in any EFL paper is this :
read books by authors such as Lee Child, Tom Clancy and David Baldacci.
read magazines such as the Times.
read any British newspaper such the Daily Mail (I think you can get torrents of their free online versions).
The point is that you will only do well if you have a vast vocabulary and well, structured yet complex sentences.
Good Luck. Do some past papers and get them marked by your teacher and concentrate on the Language Analysis in Paper 2.
PS: Paper 3 is the easiest of the two EFL papers - it allows some creativity. Your teacher is crack :P
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In short, the key to doing well in any EFL paper is this :
read books by authors such as Lee Child, Tom Clancy and David Baldacci.
read magazines such as the Times.
read any British newspaper such the Daily Mail (I think you can get torrents of their free online versions).
The point is that you will only do well if you have a vast vocabulary and well, structured yet complex sentences.
Good Luck. Do some past papers and get them marked by your teacher and concentrate on the Language Analysis in Paper 2.
PS: Paper 3 is the easiest of the two EFL papers - it allows some creativity. Your teacher is crack :P
thanx i was wondering about it and our school has no coursework we have paper 3 instead and ya i'll definitely practise hard for this thanx again..:) <3
by the way =rep for that..;)
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thanx i was wondering about it and our school has no coursework we have paper 3 instead and ya i'll definitely practise hard for this thanx again..:) <3
by the way =rep for that..;)
Thanks.
Just doing my bit ;)
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If you are a first language speaker, then I suggest that you simply do some past paper questions.
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If you are a first language speaker, then I suggest that you simply do some past paper questions.
True, but reading gets you into the groove of writing in a particular style.
Plus it helps you learn new vocabulary - something imperative to EFL
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@engraved i do that a lot and i have a very nice sir for english who has qualifications from CIE he agreed to check my solved papers even if i do for practise so that is definitely gonna help me...
@Ari ya my sir he even told me to read books and i do keed reading them i am reading DAN BROWN nowadays so that'll definitely improve my english..
thanx for the help both of you...:) :-*
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Dan Brown is okay, but guys like David Baldacci write stories that have effective plots and a wide vocabulary.
But the important thing is you enjoy and understand what you read.
When do you answer your IGs ?
Make no mistake EFL is tough - its definitely not a walk in the park.
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http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/
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Dan Brown is okay, but guys like David Baldacci write stories that have effective plots and a wide vocabulary.
But the important thing is you enjoy and understand what you read.
When do you answer your IGs ?
Make no mistake EFL is tough - its definitely not a walk in the park.
alright ari i'll read those books suggest more if you know...thanx a lot.. :-* ;)
@xena thanx a lot for the site it's pretty nice..<3 :-*
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You're welcome sweety :)