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Vietnamese — First Language 0695

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

24 lessons and reviews3 written practice lessonsSyllabus 2025–2027 and 2028–2030
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  • Đọc · thông tin
  • Đọc · suy luận
  • Đọc · đánh giá
  • Đọc · hiệu quả
  • Đọc · lựa chọn
  • Viết · nội dung
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Published syllabus exam years: 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030. Confirm exam-series and centre availability with your school and Cambridge.

Syllabus 2025–2027 and 2028–2030

Cambridge IGCSE First Language Vietnamese 0695 syllabus map

2025–2027 Version 2 + 2028–2030 Version 1

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24 original lessons provide 72 guided, independent and application tasks. All 16 local study areas have linked teaching, covering the ten assessment objectives, directed-response forms, composition choices, genre-reading methods and sustained practice. The original sets include a 987-unit fiction story with eleven explained questions, two source texts totalling 471 units, a complete 411-unit email and four composition models of 438–482 units. Units here mean whitespace-separated practice counts, not examiner-certified Vietnamese word counts. This is a teaching foundation: qualified Vietnamese first-language review, sustained twentieth/twenty-first-century genre study, further calibrated practice, specimen comparison and human marking remain pending. The 2025–2027 Paper 2 range comes from Version 2 and the March 2025 update; the 2028–2030 PDF does not restate that numerical range, so use the instructions for your actual exam. June entry is limited to administrative zones 4 and 5.

Shared skills and task forms have been checked in both editions. The 2025–2027 Version 2 specifies about 400–500 words per Paper 2 response. The 2028–2030 Version 1 PDF does not repeat that range in its Paper 2 section; check the examination-year question paper and teacher guidance. June series, administrative zones 4 and 5 only. This map does not support 2031 or later.

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

    Section A: fiction comprehension (16 marks) and language effects (9). Section B: one source-based email, report, article or speech (15 reading + 10 writing marks). Text A is about 900–1000 words; B/C together up to 900. Follow the task's own response instructions.

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

    One of two Section A titles: discursive or argumentative; one of two Section B titles: descriptive or narrative. Each section is 25 marks. For 2025–2027, Version 2 gives about 400–500 words per response; verify the actual 2028–2030 paper's instructions. Dictionaries are not permitted.

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The 16 study areas below are StudyForA's learning organisation of Cambridge's ten reading/writing objectives and its task forms; they are not 16 numbered Cambridge syllabus topics. Both two-hour papers are compulsory and equally weighted. Paper 1 uses one fiction text and two linked non-fiction texts; Paper 2 offers two titles per section and requires one response per section. The older Vietnamese key-page translation is Version 1, so the English Version 2 and March 2025 update govern the revised 2025–2027 length advice. Linked teaching is not an examiner-validated course.

Đọc · thông tin

Đọc · suy luận

Đọc · đánh giá

Đọc · hiệu quả

Đọc · lựa chọn

Viết · nội dung

Viết · bố cục

Viết · diễn đạt

Paper 1 · văn phong

Viết · biên tập

Paper 1 · Directed Writing

Paper 2 · Section A

Paper 2 · Section B

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Quality gap

  • Qualified Vietnamese first-language reviewVIETNAMESE-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

  • Exam-year length instructions and Vietnamese word-count conventionsWORD-COUNT-CONVENTIONS · Assessment limitation, not a syllabus section
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  1. 01

    Đọc chính xác: thông tin, phạm vi và trình tự

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  2. 02

    Suy luận: thái độ, ngụ ý và giới hạn dẫn chứng

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  3. 03

    Đánh giá: dữ kiện, quan điểm và mức độ chắc chắn

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  4. 04

    So sánh nguồn: điểm gặp nhau, khác biệt và thiên lệch

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  5. 05

    Phân tích ngôn ngữ: hình ảnh, sắc thái và tác dụng

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  6. 06

    Đọc bố cục: nhịp kể, tương phản và điểm nhìn

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  7. 07

    Tóm tắt có mục đích: chọn, gộp và giữ điều kiện

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  8. 08

    Viết từ hai nguồn: phát triển một quyết định có căn cứ

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  9. 09

    Email: mục đích, người nhận và lời đề nghị rõ

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  10. 10

    Báo cáo: phát hiện, giới hạn và kiến nghị

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  11. 11

    Bài báo: dẫn nhập, góc nhìn và lập luận cho độc giả

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  12. 12

    Bài phát biểu: nói với người nghe và giữ căn cứ

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  13. 13

    Lập luận: giữ lập trường và trả lời phản đối

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  14. 14

    Thảo luận: cân nhắc các phía và kết luận có điều kiện

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  15. 15

    Miêu tả: điểm nhìn, chi tiết và không khí

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  16. 16

    Kể chuyện: nguyên nhân, bước ngoặt và thay đổi

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  17. 17

    Diễn đạt: chọn từ và thay đổi cấu trúc câu

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  18. 18

    Biên tập: nghĩa câu, dấu câu và tính nhất quán

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  19. 19

    Người đọc, mục đích và văn phong

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  20. 20

    Chọn đúng năm thi và hiểu cấu trúc hai bài

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  21. 21

    Đọc nhiều dạng: blog, bài đánh giá và lời thoại

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  22. 22

    Đọc dài: Chiếc bảng chưa viết hết

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  23. 23

    Viết từ nguồn dài: email đánh giá một đề xuất

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  24. 24

    Viết hai bài hoàn chỉnh và đối chiếu bốn thể loại

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Hai nguồn · Đề xuất góc sửa đồ dùng học tập

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