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Thai — First Language 0518

Develop close reading and clear, purposeful writing. Explore how language works through texts, original examples and practice.

25 lessons and reviews3 written practice lessonsSyllabus 2025–2027 and 2028–2029
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  • Reading · meaning
  • Reading · effects
  • Reading · evaluation
  • Reading · synthesis
  • Writing · communication
  • Writing · organisation
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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 Thai 0518 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. Reading, synthesis, all four composition genres and the listed summary transformations have linked foundations. Original sustained practice includes a fiction story with eleven explained questions, two linked sources, complete letter/article responses, four complete composition models and four clearly labelled alternative outlines. Automatic Thai segmentation estimates fit the published approximate ranges; they are not examiner-certified Thai word counts. Qualified Thai first-language review, sustained genre reading, further calibrated sets, specimen comparison and human marking remain pending. These linked foundations do not constitute a complete 130-hour course. June entry is limited to administrative zones 3 and 4.

Shared objectives, task choices, response ranges and assessment weightings were checked in both English editions. June exam series, administrative zones 3 and 4 only. This map does not support 2030 or later; an edition ending in 2029 is not evidence of withdrawal. Confirm the actual exam-year paper and your centre's entry options.

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

    Section 1: fiction comprehension 16 marks and language/structure effects 9; Passage 1 approximately 850–950 words. Section 2: two linked non-fiction sources totalling up to 950 words; one argumentative/discursive letter or article about 250–350 words, assessed for reading 15 + writing 10 marks. All questions are compulsory.

  • Paper 2 · Composition2 hours · 50 marks · 50%

    One of four Section 1 titles: two argumentative and two discursive; one of four Section 2 titles: two descriptive and two narrative. Write two compositions, about 350–450 words each; each section is 25 marks. W1–W5 are assessed, including tone, style and register. Dictionaries are not permitted.

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These 16 local study areas organise Cambridge's nine assessment objectives, task forms, genre-reading methods and sustained practice; they are not 16 numbered Cambridge syllabus topics. Thai has four reading objectives: R1 combines explicit and implicit understanding, R2 language and structure, R3 evaluation and R4 synthesis. Paper 2 tests all five writing objectives, including W4. Both papers are compulsory; dictionaries are not permitted. Summary transformations include letter, report, newspaper report, magazine article, journal and words of a speech; Paper 1 Section 2 specifically requires an argumentative/discursive letter or article. Original models have not been graded by Cambridge.

Reading · meaning

Reading · effects

Reading · evaluation

Reading · synthesis

Writing · communication

Writing · organisation

Writing · vocabulary

Writing · audience

Writing · accuracy

Paper 1 · Section 2

Paper 2 · Section 1

Paper 2 · Section 2

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Quality gap

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

Course depth gap

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

Assessment depth gap

  • More calibrated practice and specimen-paper comparisonFURTHER-ASSESSMENT-SETS · Assessment limitation, not a syllabus section
    Teacher, centre, or specialist assessment required

Assessment gap

  • Reliable human marking and feedbackHUMAN-MARKING · Assessment limitation, not a syllabus section
    Teacher, centre, or specialist assessment required

Assessment clarification gap

  • Examination-year Thai word-count conventionsWORD-COUNT-CONVENTIONS · Assessment limitation, not a syllabus section
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  1. 01

    อ่านข้อมูลตรง: ใคร ทำอะไร และยังไม่เกิดอะไร

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  2. 02

    อ่านความนัยและท่าทีด้วยหลักฐาน

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  3. 03

    ถ้อยคำ ภาพ และผลต่อผู้อ่าน

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  4. 04

    ลำดับเรื่อง จุดเปลี่ยน และภาพที่ย้อนกลับ

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  5. 05

    ข้อมูล ความเห็น และการกล่าวเกินหลักฐาน

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  6. 06

    เทียบแหล่งอ่าน: จุดร่วม เงื่อนไข และมุมมอง

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  7. 07

    เลือกและสังเคราะห์โดยไม่เปลี่ยนความหมาย

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  8. 08

    เปลี่ยนมุมมองโดยไม่แต่งความรู้เพิ่ม

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  9. 09

    เขียนจากสองแหล่ง: เหตุผลกับเงื่อนไข

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  10. 10

    จดหมาย: ผู้รับ จุดประสงค์ และคำขอ

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  11. 11

    บทความ: ประเด็นสาธารณะและผู้อ่าน

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  12. 12

    โต้แย้ง: จุดยืน เหตุผล และข้อคัดค้าน

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  13. 13

    อภิปราย: ชั่งเหตุผลหลายด้าน

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  14. 14

    พรรณนา: มุมมองและรายละเอียดที่ทำงานร่วมกัน

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  15. 15

    บรรยายเรื่อง: เหตุ การเลือก และผล

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  16. 16

    คำที่แม่น: ความแน่นอนและระดับภาษา

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  17. 17

    ประโยคและย่อหน้า: ความสัมพันธ์ที่อ่านตามได้

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  18. 18

    ตรวจภาษา: การสะกด เว้นวรรค และความหมาย

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  19. 19

    สรุปเป็นรายงานและข่าวโดยรักษาสถานะ

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  20. 20

    สรุปเป็นบันทึกและคำกล่าวต่อผู้ฟัง

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  21. 21

    รู้ปีสอบ สองกระดาษ และทางเลือกในแต่ละส่วน

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  22. 22

    อ่านเรื่องแต่ง บทความ บทวิจารณ์ และความเรียง

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  23. 23

    เรื่องเต็มและคำถาม: เสียงที่ปลายเทป

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  24. 24

    สองแหล่งและสองรูปตอบ: นิทรรศการเสียง

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  25. 25

    เขียนสองเรื่อง: สี่หัวข้อต่อส่วน

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