Cambridge AssessmentInternational EducationSyllabusCambridge IGCSETMFirst Language English 0500Use this syllabus for exams in 2024,2025 and 2026.Exams are available in the June and November series.Exams are also available in the March series in India only.SVersion 1For the purposes of screen readers,any mention in this document of Cambridge IGCSECambridgerefers to Cambridge International General Certification of Secondary Education.PathwayWhy choose Cambridge International?Cambridge Intemational prepares school students for life,helping them develop an informed curiosity and alasting passion for learning.We are part of the University of Cambridge.Our Cambridge Pathway gives students a clear path for educational success from age 5 to 19.Schools canshape the curriculum around how they want students to learn-with a wide range of subjects and flexible waysto offer them.It helps students discover new abilities and a wider world,and gives them the skills they need forlife,so they can achieve at school,university and work.Our programmes and qualifications set the global standard for international education.They are created bysubject experts,rooted in academic rigour and reflect the latest educational research.They provide a strongresources.Our mission is to provide educational benefit through provision of international programmes and qualificationsfor school education and to be the world leader in this field.Together with schools,we develop Cambridgelearners who are confident,responsible,reflective,innovative and engaged -equipped for success in theEvery year,nearly a million Cambridge students from 10000 schools in 160 countries prepare for their futurewith the Cambridge Pathway.School feedback:'We think the Cambridge curriculum is superb preparation for university.'Feedback from:Christoph Guttentag,Dean of Undergraduate Admissions,Duke University,USAQuality managementCambridge International is committed to providing exceptional quality.In line with this commitment,ourquality management system for the provision of intemnational qualifications and education programmesISO 9001:2015.Learn more at www.cambridgeinternational.org/ISO9001Cambridge Assessment Intemational Education is part of Cambridge University Press Assessment.Cambridge University PressAssessment is a department of the University of Cambridge.Cambridge University Press Assessment retains the copyright on all its publications.Registered centres are pemmitted to copymaterial from this booklet for their own internal use.However,we cannot give pemmission to centres to photocopy any material that isacknowledged to a third party even for internal use within a centre.ContentsWhy choose Cambridge International?1 Why choose this syllabus?2 Syllabus overview.…7Aims7Content overview7Assessment overview8Assessment objectives93Subject content4 Details of the assessment....................................13Paper 1 Reading13Paper 2 Directed Writing and Composition15Component 3 Coursework Portfolio16Additional information for Component 3 Coursework Portfolio18Component 4 Speaking and Listening Test25Command words305 What else you need to know...31Before you start31Making entries32Accessibility and equality33After the exam34How students and teachers can use the grades34Grade descriptions34Changes to this syllabus for 2024,2025 and 202635Important:Changes to this syllabusFor information about changes to this syllabus for 2024,2025 and 2026,go to page 35.The latest syllabus is version 1,published September 2021.Any textbooks endorsed to support the syllabus for examination from 2020 are still suitable for use with thissyllabus.