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hey I would like to ask for help for physics alternative to practical paper
Hi there,
Paper 6 or the Alternative to Practical paper is simply an alternative mode of assessment to Practical examination paper. It requires the same kind of practical work in preparation as the Practical Examination paper. The syllabus makes it clear, in the Aims, the Assessment Objectives and Practical Assessment sections, that the course should be thought practically and that candidates should have experience of doing (rather than merely seeing) experimental work. The Alternative to Practical paper assess the practical skills, including both data handling and familiarity with standard laboratory equipment.
Furthermore, you may be interested to purchase our A* Model Answers which shows the A* answers for the Alternative to Practical exam papers here: https://www.igcsecentre.com/igcse-exam-resources/
Hello IGCSE team could you help me with my English ESL speaking which is on 20th April. your corporation will be helpful.
Hello Raj,
Here are some Speaking tips for you:
1. Pick 3 or 4 practice exam questions that are different from each other (closest to what is expected in the latest syllabus). You can refer to the latest syllabus on what is expected during exams.
2. Prepare answers to questions that are likely to come up
3. Find out how to pronounce the words and read them out loud.
4. Learn your answers by heart. Learn your answers one phrase or sentence at a time. Select a chunk and repeat it to yourself over and over until you’ve got it.
5. Understand and learn the questions. Look up any words you don’t know and learn to recognise keywords. Learn each question alongside the answer that goes with it.
6. Learn two or three idiomatic phrases or sayings and memorise them. Go for sayings that could be used to talk about any topic or topic-specific ones that you know you’ll be able to use in the exam.
7. Compile a list of topic-specific vocab that’s likely to come up. If you can, learn the gender of any nouns and the different tenses of any verbs. Learn the vocab so you can use and recognise it.
8. Get a parent or friend to do a mock exam with you. Pay attention to where you slip up and then work on improving those areas.
9. Make useful notes.
Lastly, practice, practice, and more practice. The speaking topics will be different based on the zone you’re in. You can use other variants as practice as well.
Please use this link to find out the administrative zone you are in: https://www.igcsecentre.com/cambridge-igcse-exam-schedules/
hi IGCSE team ,
i am going to apper in this may/june , i wanted to asked about my english (0510) . As, we know that syllabus has changed we are going to have article writing , review writing or report writing as Q#6. my request is if u guys could tell me what kind of question will be there for review writing . for example me have prompts for aticles and reports, so are we going to have it for review as well or we are just ask to writing the book review on your fav book.
thanks, i will be waiting for your reply.
Hi Aleema,
For your information, we are not the exam board. But we can provide some tips for you.
According to the 2019 syllabus set by CAIE (the exam board), question 6 would be to write a report, or a review or an article of approximately 100–150 words for Core and 150-words and for Extended, in response to a short stimulus. As such, there is no more fixed one format for this exercise. We suggest that you have to learn all formats: article, review, report.
But before you begin writing, decide if you’re going to write about the topic from two sides (forand against) or from just one (your opinion). If you write a two-sided (balanced) piece of writing, remember to include your opinion in the last paragraph. If you want to write only from your own point of view, include it in the first paragraph.
Furthermore, try to think of your own ideas on the topic which match the task and include them in your writing. For each of the ideas included in your answer, support them with evidence or examples. Note, the examiner knows that the evidence or examples will be made up and doesn’t expect these to be correct.
Lastly, remember to organise your writing: include an introduction, a middle section and a conclusion.
Hi,
How do cie work out our results?
Hello Khalid,
For more information regarding the marking process, kindly read this article: https://www.igcsecentre.com/guide-to-the-marking-and-grading-process-of-exam-papers/
can you help me please with my speaking german exam
Hi Maxen,
Here are some Speaking tips for you:
1. Pick 3 or 4 practice exam questions that are different from each other (closest to what is expected in the latest syllabus). You can refer to the latest syllabus on what is expected during exams.
2. Prepare answers to questions that are likely to come up
3. Find out how to pronounce the words and read them out loud.
4. Learn your answers by heart. Learn your answers one phrase or sentence at a time. Select a chunk and repeat it to yourself over and over until you’ve got it.
5. Understand and learn the questions. Look up any words you don’t know and learn to recognise keywords. Learn each question alongside the answer that goes with it.
6. Learn two or three idiomatic phrases or sayings and memorise them. Go for sayings that could be used to talk about any topic or topic-specific ones that you know you’ll be able to use in the exam.
7. Compile a list of topic-specific vocab that’s likely to come up. If you can, learn the gender of any nouns and the different tenses of any verbs. Learn the vocab so you can use and recognise it.
8. Get a parent or friend to do a mock exam with you. Pay attention to where you slip up and then work on improving those areas.
9. Make useful notes.
Lastly, practice, practice, and more practice. The speaking topics will be different based on the zone you’re in. You can use other variants as practice as well.
Please use this link to find out the administrative zone you are in: https://www.igcsecentre.com/cambridge-igcse-exam-schedules/