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Turkish — First Language 0513

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25 lessons and reviews3 written practice lessonsSyllabus 2025–2027 and 2028–2029
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  • Reading · explicit meaning
  • Reading · inference
  • Reading · evaluation
  • Reading · effects
  • Reading · selection
  • Writing · expression
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Published syllabus exam years: 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029. Confirm exam-series and centre availability with your school and Cambridge.

Syllabus 2025–2027 and 2028–2029

Cambridge IGCSE First Language Turkish 0513 syllabus map

2025–2027 Version 1 + 2028–2029 Version 1

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25 original lessons provide 75 guided, independent and application tasks across 16 local study areas. All ten assessment objectives, all four directed-response forms and all four composition genres have linked foundations. Sustained original practice includes an 891-unit fiction story with eleven explained questions, two non-fiction sources totalling 537 units, four complete directed-response models of 270–298 units and four composition models of 370–383 units. Counts are approximate whitespace-separated study counts, not examiner-certified Turkish word counts. Qualified Turkish first-language teacher review, sustained genre reading, more calibrated task sets, specimen-paper comparison and reliable human marking remain pending. These foundations are not a complete 130-hour course. June entry is limited to administrative zones 3 and 4.

Shared objectives, task forms, response lengths and paper weightings were checked in both editions. June series, administrative zones 3 and 4 only. This map does not support 2030 or later. The next PDF's cover says 2028 and 2029; a search title mentioning 2030 does not extend its scope. An edition ending in 2029 is not evidence of withdrawal; confirm the actual examination year and centre's entry options.

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  • Paper 1 · Reading and Directed Writing2 hours · 50 marks · 50%

    Section A: Text A fiction approximately 850–950 words; comprehension 16 marks and language/structure effects 9. Section B: two linked non-fiction texts totalling up to 750 words; one email, report, article or speech about 250–350 words, assessed for reading 15 + writing 10 marks. All questions are compulsory; source ideas may be developed, outside ideas should not be added.

  • Paper 2 · Writing2 hours · 50 marks · 50%

    One of two Section A titles: one discursive and one argumentative; one of two Section B titles: one descriptive and one narrative. Write two responses about 350–450 words each. Each section is 25 marks; W1, W2, W3 and W5 are listed. Dictionaries are not permitted.

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The 16 local study areas organise Cambridge's ten reading/writing objectives, task forms, genre-reading methods and sustained practice; they are not 16 numbered Cambridge syllabus topics. Turkish uses R1 explicit meaning, R2 inference, R3 evaluation, R4 effects and R5 selection. Paper 1 Section B specifies an email, report, article or speech, about 250–350 words, based on both sources; develop source ideas without adding outside ideas. Paper 2 offers two titles per section, one response per section, about 350–450 words each. Its listed objectives are W1, W2, W3 and W5; W4 is additionally listed for Paper 1 directed writing. Dictionaries are not permitted. Original models are not officially graded exemplars.

Reading · explicit meaning

Reading · inference

Reading · evaluation

Reading · effects

Reading · selection

Writing · expression

Writing · organisation

Writing · language choices

Paper 1 · register

Writing · accuracy

Paper 1 · Section B

Paper 2 · Section A

Paper 2 · Section B

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Quality gap

  • Qualified Turkish first-language reviewTURKISH-SPECIALIST-REVIEW · Assessment limitation, not a syllabus section
    Teacher, centre, or specialist assessment required

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  • Sustained genre reading and guided learningGENRE-DEPTH · Assessment limitation, not a syllabus section
    Teacher, centre, or specialist assessment required

Assessment depth gap

  • More calibrated directed/composition sets and specimen comparisonFURTHER-ASSESSMENT-SETS · Assessment limitation, not a syllabus section
    Teacher, centre, or specialist assessment required

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  • Reliable human marking and feedbackHUMAN-MARKING · Assessment limitation, not a syllabus section
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Assessment clarification gap

  • Examination-year word-count instructions and reviewWORD-COUNT-CONVENTIONS · Assessment limitation, not a syllabus section
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  1. 01

    Açık bilgi: zaman, kapsam ve koşul

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  2. 02

    Örtük anlam ve tutum: kanıttan yoruma

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  3. 03

    Olgu, görüş ve kanıtın kapsamı

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  4. 04

    Kaynakları karşılaştırma ve yanlılığı inceleme

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  5. 05

    Sözcük, imge ve okur üzerindeki etki

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    Yapı: bilgi sırası ve değişen ayrıntı

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  7. 07

    Amaç için seçme ve özetleme

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  8. 08

    İki kaynaktan gerekçeli yanıt kurma

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  9. 09

    E-posta: muhatap, öneri ve talep

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    Rapor: bulgu, sınır ve öneri

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  11. 11

    Makale: okur için bir mesele kurma

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  12. 12

    Konuşma: dinleyicinin takip edeceği gerekçe

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  13. 13

    Savunma yazısı: görüş, gerekçe ve itiraz

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  14. 14

    Tartışma yazısı: iki yönü tartma

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  15. 15

    Betimleme: bakış, duyular ve düzen

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  16. 16

    Öykü: neden, seçim ve sonuç

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    Sözcük ve cümle seçimi: anlamı inceltme

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    Gönderim ve paragraf: okurun izlediği bağ

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    Yazım: da/de bağlacı ve bulunma eki

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    Soru eki ve anlamına göre noktalama

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  21. 21

    Türler arasında okuma: öykü, blog, eleştiri ve oyun

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  22. 22

    Sınav yılı, görev biçimi ve bölüm seçimi

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  23. 23

    Tam öykü ve kanıtlı yanıtlar

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  24. 24

    İki kaynak ve dört tam yanıt biçimi

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  25. 25

    Paper 2: iki tam yanıtı planlama ve gözden geçirme

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Tam metin çalışması · Kapının Önündeki Sessizlik

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İki kaynaktan yazma · Seyircinin yerinden bakmak

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Paper 2 çalışması · Her bölümden bir başlık

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