ICSE Class 10 Syllabus 2027 Modern Foreign Languages Group II

ICSE YEAR 2027

INDIAN CERTIFICATE OF
SECONDARY EDUCATION
EXAMINATION

MODERN FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
GROUP-II

February 2025
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MISSION STATEMENT

The Council for the Indian School Certificate
Examinations is committed to serving the nation's
children, through high quality educational
endeavours, empowering them to contribute towards
a humane, just and pluralistic society, promoting
introspective living, by creating exciting learning
opportunities, with a commitment to excellence.

ETHOS OF CISCE

Trust and fair play.
Minimum monitoring.
Allowing schools to evolve their own niche.
Catering to the needs of the children.
Giving freedom to experiment with new ideas
and practices.
Diversity and plurality - the basic strength for
evolution of ideas.
Schools to motivate pupils towards the
cultivation of:
Excellence - The Indian and Global
experience.
Values - Spiritual and cultural - to be the bedrock
of the educational experience.
Schools to have an 'Indian Ethos', strong roots in
the national psyche and be sensitive to national
aspirations.

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE
(Under Group – II)
Candidates opting for a Modern Foreign Language as a Group II subject may not opt for the same language
under Modern Foreign Languages as a Group I and Group III subject.
Papers will be set in French (77), German (80), 2. To acquire knowledge of the elements of the
Spanish (85), and other Foreign Languages on request. language.
Aims: 3. To develop interest in the language.
1. To appreciate the language as an effective means 4. To understand the language when spoken at
of communication and in particular, the spoken normal conversational speed.
language. 5. To understand the basic structural patterns of the
language, the vocabulary and constructions.

CLASSES IX AND X
There will be one paper of two hours duration Note: No textbooks are prescribed.
carrying 80 marks and Internal Assessment of
20 marks. INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
All questions will be compulsory. The minimum number of assignments for each
academic year
Question 1: Candidates will be required to write,
in the language, one short composition of 250 Class IX: Two or three assignments of reasonable
words approximately, which may include short length/duration.
explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives. Class X: Two or three assignments of reasonable
There will be a choice of subjects which will be length/duration.
varied and may be suggested by language or other
stimuli such as pictures or objects. Suggested Assignments
Class IX
Question 2: Candidates will be required to write
Creative writing: Students are to write short
a letter of approximately 150 words from a choice
compositions, the stimuli being;
of two subjects. Suggestions may be given. The
layout of the letter, with address, introduction, (i) a piece of recorded music;
conclusion, etc. will form part of the assessment. (ii) a recorded series of sounds;
(iii) a picture/photograph;
Question 3: This will consist of tests in (iv) an opening sentence or phrase;
vocabulary, syntax and idiom, synthesis in sentence (v) a newspaper/magazine clipping or report; one
construction, formation of sentences in the piece of factual writing which should be
language correctly embodying given words or informative or argumentative; one piece of
forms. The question will not require any knowledge expressive writing which is descriptive and
of grammatical terms. imaginative; preparation of the film/book
review.
Question 4: An unseen passage of about 150 Class X
words will be given in the language. Questions
in the language will be set, to be answered in the Oral: Prepared speech/ declamation; impromptu
language, designed to test the candidate’s speech / debate / discussion; report / interview;
understanding of the context of the passage. elocution; role-play / general conversation on selected
topics.
Question 5: One short passage will be set
for translation from the language into English.

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Aural: Listening to a conversation/talk/reading of a The Internal Examiner and the External Examiner will
short passage and then writing down the relevant or assess the assignments independently.
main points in the specified number of words and
answering the given questions. Award of Marks (20 Marks)
Subject Teacher (Internal Examiner) 10 marks
EVALUATION
External Examiner 10 marks
The assignments/project works are to be evaluated by
The total marks obtained out of 20 are to be sent to
the subject teacher and by an External Examiner. (The
CISCE by the Head of the school.
External Examiner may be a teacher nominated by the
Head of the school, who could be from the faculty, but The Head of the school will be responsible for the
not teaching the subject in the section/class. For online entry of marks on CISCE’s CAREERS portal
example, a teacher of Language of Class VIII may be by the due date.
deputed to be an External Examiner for Class X,
Language projects.)

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INTERNAL ASSESSMENT IN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES - GUIDELINES FOR MARKING WITH GRADES (CLASS X)
ORAL ASSIGNMENT
Grade Fluency of Language Subject Matter Organization Vocabulary/Delivery Understanding Gesture Marks

I Speaks with fluency Matter is Content is well Uses appropriate vocabulary While speaking, the Uses natural and 3
and has full relevant, rich in sequenced and well and pronounces words candidate spontaneous
operational command content and organized. correctly. emphasizes the gestures that are
over the language. original. important points. not out of place.
II The candidate speaks The subject The content is The candidate pronounces While speaking the Uses some 2
with fairly good matter is mostly satisfactorily most words correctly and candidate natural gestures.
fluency and has relevant, sequenced and well uses simple vocabulary. emphasizes most
reasonable operational consisting of a organized. important points.
command of the few original
language. ideas.
III The candidate speaks The subject The subject content The candidate pronounces While speaking, the Uses very few 1
with poor fluency and matter is is very poor and many words incorrectly and candidate natural gestures.
does not communicate irrelevant and lacks organisational uses inappropriate emphasizes some
except for the most lacks originality. structure. vocabulary. important points.
basic information.
IV The candidate cannot The subject The subject content The candidate is unable to While speaking, the Uses no natural 0
communicate even the matter is comprises of mere correctly pronounce most candidate is unable to gestures.
most basic negligible. words with no words and has a limited emphasize important
information. structured vocabulary. points.
sentences.

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INTERNAL ASSESSMENT IN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES - GUIDELINES FOR MARKING WITH GRADES (CLASS X)
AURAL ASSIGNMENT
Grade Understanding/ Recall Vocabulary Context/ Correlation to Other Marks
Comprehension Main Idea, Areas
Central Theme
I The candidate accurately The candidate recalls all the The candidate uses appropriate The candidate clearly 3
understands the central idea of the important points made (written/ and correct vocabulary while understands the context and can
passage as well as the relevant verbal). recalling the points made. widely correlate the passage to
points in the selected passage/ the other areas.
talk.
II The candidate gives ideas fairly The candidate recalls some of the The candidate uses correct but The candidate can moderately 2
close to the central / main idea of important points made (written/ simple vocabulary while understand the context of the
the passage as well as understand verbal). recalling the points made. passage and can moderately
some of the relevant points heard correlate the passage to the other
in the selected passage/ talk. areas.

III The candidate cannot fully The candidate recalls very few of The candidate makes various The candidate can only faintly 1
comprehend the passage and the important points made errors in vocabulary while understand the context of the
gives only a few ideas related to (written/verbal). recalling the points made. passage and relate it to the other
the central theme of the passage. areas.

IV The candidate is neither able to The candidate is unable to recall The candidate uses incorrect The candidate is unable to 0
understand the central/main idea the important points made vocabulary while recalling the understand the context of the
of the passage; nor able to (written/verbal) points made. passage and is unable to correlate
understand relevant points heard the passage to the other areas.
in the passage/talk.

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