English — First Language (US) 0524

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• Historical written qualification · last assessment June 2026Paper 1 Reading + Component 3 Coursework Portfolio

  Paper 1 was a 2-hour external assessment with three mandatory questions on three texts. Component 3 contained three extended writing assignments of about 500–800 words and was internally assessed and externally moderated.

• Optional historical speaking endorsementComponent 4 Speaking and Listening Test

  An approximately 10–12-minute individual talk and conversation, internally assessed and externally moderated, with a separate endorsement that did not count toward the written qualification grade.

Withdrawn qualification: no new exam entry is available after the June 2026 final assessment. Cambridge limited the syllabus to participating NCEE Excellence for All centres in the USA and its page states Arizona only. Ask the centre about historical entry records or assessment documentation; private-candidate component availability was limited.

Practice the papers

• ReadingPaper 1 · 5 lessons
  Read for explicit meaning, inference and purposeWrite a selective summary within 120 wordsExplain how a writer creates language effectsDevelop an extended response to readingCoursework assignment 1: discuss, argue or persuade from a text

  Three mandatory questions on three texts: comprehension and a selective summary of no more than 120 words; short answers and a language task of about 200–300 words; then an extended response of about 250–350 words in one specified form. External assessment; these original activities do not reproduce or grade Cambridge papers.

• Coursework PortfolioComponent 3 · 5 lessons
  Write a selective summary within 120 wordsDevelop an extended response to readingCoursework assignment 1: discuss, argue or persuade from a textCoursework assignment 2: write to describeCoursework assignment 3: shape a narrative

  Three assignments of about 500–800 words: discuss/argue/persuade from text(s), description, and narrative. Internally assessed and externally moderated. Practice here teaches skills only; assessed work must be authored independently under centre rules.

• Speaking and Listening Test · optionalComponent 4 · 2 lessons
  Prepare and deliver an individual talkListen, respond and extend a conversation

  Individual talk and conversation, about 10–12 minutes, internally assessed and externally moderated; separately endorsed and not part of the written grade. StudyForA cannot observe or award this endorsement.