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Listed for November 2026 and June 2027; regional options June 2027 only

The 2026/2027 International GCSE entry manual p.8 lists 4CN1 C, M, CT and MT in both series; CR, MR, RT and RV are June 2027 only. It states that speaking is compulsory, available in Mandarin and Cantonese.

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Examination-year entries: 2026–2027

Pearson Qualifications Information Manual 2026/2027 - International GCSE · pages 8 ↗

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Award codes and required units
  • 4CN1 · Chinese · International GCSE

    Paper 1 Listening, Paper 2 Reading and Writing, and compulsory Paper 3 Speaking in either Mandarin (4CN1/03M) or Cantonese (4CN1/03C); use the appropriate dialect, regional and transfer entry option.

    Listed award series: November 2026; June 2027.

    Teaching: Planned.

Paper and unit entry options
  • 4CN1 · C · Chinese: Papers 1 & 2; Paper 3 Speaking - Cantonese

    Listed series: November 2026; June 2027.

  • 4CN1 · M · Chinese: Papers 1 & 2; Paper 3 Speaking - Mandarin

    Listed series: November 2026; June 2027.

  • 4CN1 · CR · Chinese: Papers 1R & 2R; Paper 3 Speaking - Cantonese

    Listed series: June 2027.

  • 4CN1 · MR · Chinese: Papers 1R & 2R; Paper 3 Speaking - Mandarin

    Listed series: June 2027.

  • 4CN1 · CT · Chinese: Papers 1 & 2; Paper 3 Speaking - Cantonese transferred from previous series

    Listed series: November 2026; June 2027.

  • 4CN1 · MT · Chinese: Papers 1 & 2; Paper 3 Speaking - Mandarin transferred from previous series

    Listed series: November 2026; June 2027.

  • 4CN1 · RT · Chinese: Papers 1R & 2R; Paper 3 Speaking - Cantonese transferred from previous series

    Listed series: June 2027.

  • 4CN1 · RV · Chinese: Papers 1R & 2R; Paper 3 Speaking - Mandarin transferred from previous series

    Listed series: June 2027.

  • These rows are checked against the November 2026/June 2027 manual window. Each option lists its own series; no later availability is inferred.
  • Entry availability does not establish individual eligibility or a centre's willingness/capacity to enter the candidate. Private-candidate eligibility and approved-centre arrangements remain unverified.
  • Teaching and books remain incomplete; specialist approval and formal assessment validation remain incomplete.
  • Regional-paper selection follows centre location: the manual p.3 includes Vietnam among the countries required to use the alternative regional options where applicable. Residence alone is not used to determine an entry.
  • A transferred option carries forward the component specified in the entry-table title from a previous series; the manual p.2 requires retaking all written units for a linear retake. This review does not establish an individual candidate's carry-forward eligibility.
  • A compulsory speaking assessment requires a valid centre and examiner/recording arrangement; site availability does not establish that provision.
  • The current manual uses RT for regional Cantonese transferred speaking and RV for regional Mandarin transferred speaking. These exact strings are preserved; neither is replaced with an inferred CRT/MRT option.
  • The older specification says June assessment; current November 2026 availability is taken from the newer 2026/2027 entry manual. The older March-May speaking-window statement is not used as the November oral window.
  • Appendix 1 (physical48/printed44) mistakenly labels 4CN1/03C as Paper 2; the actual speaking overview (physical13/printed9) explicitly identifies 03M and 03C as Paper 3.

Specification edition checked

Official specification · Issue 2 ↗

Issue 2, July 2019. Award identities, components and assessment constraints checked on physical pages 11, 12, 13, 48. Full syllabus-topic teaching, practice and book mapping remain incomplete.

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