Paper 1 - English Language
1. Schools will prepare, conduct and record
assessments of the Listening and Speaking Skills
of candidates as follows:
Class IX: Three assessments in the course of the
year.
Class X: Two assessments in the course of the
year.
2. Pattern of Assessment
a) Listening Skills
A passage of about 300 words is read aloud by
the examiner twice, the first time at normal
reading speed (about 110 words a minute) and
the next time at a slower speed. Candidates
may make brief notes during the readings.
They then answer an objective type test based
on the passage, on the paper provided.
The recommended number of candidates at a
sitting is 30.
b) Speaking Skills
Each candidate is required to make an oral
presentation for about two minutes, which will
be followed by a discussion on the subject
with the examiners, for about three minutes.
Subjects for presentation may include
narrating an experience, providing a
description, giving directions how to make or
operate something, expressing an opinion,
giving a report, relating an anecdote or
commenting on a current event.
A candidate may refer to brief notes in the
course of the presentation but reading or
excessive dependence on notes will be
penalized.
It is recommended that candidates be given an hour for
preparation of their subject for presentation and that
they be given a choice of subject, on a common paper.
EVALUATION
The assessment will be conducted jointly by the
subject teacher and the external examiner who will
each assess the candidate. (The External Examiner
may be a teacher nominated by the Head of the School
who could be from the faculty but not teaching the
subject in the section/class. For example, a teacher
of English of Class VIII may be deputed to be an
External Examiner for Class X).
The total marks obtained out of 20 are to be sent to the
Council by the Head of the School.
The Head of the School will be responsible for the
online entry of marks on the Council’s CAREERS
portal by the due date. Schools are required to maintain
a record of all assessments conducted in Listening
and Speaking Skills for candidates of Classes IX and
X. These include copies of the assessment tests, topics
for presentation and marks awarded. The record will
be maintained for a period of 2 months after the ICSE
(10) examinations of the candidates concerned.
Paper 2 - Literature in English
Schools will set, assess and record written assignments
by the candidates as given below:
Class IX: Two or three assignments of approximately
Class X: Two or three assignments of reasonable
length (not exceeding 1500 words in total).
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