Icse Test Papers For English Language - Softcover

Pinto Xavier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195650433 ISBN 13: 9780195650433

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

ICSE Test Papers for English Language is designed for English Paper I and is based on the syllabus prescribed by the Council for the ICSE Examinations in and after 2002. These are a set of 22 practice papers. Two of them are provided with detailed marking schemes to explain to the candidates the Council's pattern of assessing their answer scripts. The test papers cover the entire syllabus and takes into consideration the previous pattern for testing students. About The Author: Xavier Pinto is the Ex-deputy Secretary, Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi. His knowledge of evaluation procedures and of the teaching-learning process of English at Secondary level is vast and incisive. He has served as Principal, St. John's Collage, Varanasi, and was nominated by the Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, as Educational Advisor to developing nations. Special Features: Contains a detailed marking scheme for each question Provides guidelines by the author on common errors and how to avoid them Contains 22 test papers with carefully graded questions for comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar to provide extensive practice. Provides two fully solved test papers Contains a variety of comprehension passages- factual, dramatic, reflective, evaluative, and argumentative Sustains interest by presenting a spectrum of material to sustain interest in writing tasks, viz. cartoons, illustrations, quotations, and guided composition Uses interesting exercises inviting students to reflect on the world around them and their own experience Simple and practical language tasks which the student can relate to

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0195650433
• ISBN 13: 9780195650433
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144