ICSE Class 10 Syllabus 2023 Classical Language (Revised)

CLASSICAL LANGUAGE (76)
Candidates offering Sanskrit as a Group I subject may not opt for Sanskrit as a Group II subject.
Note: The Syllabus for Classical Language has not been changed.
Papers will be set in Sanskrit and other Classical Languages on request.
SANSKRIT
CLASS X

There will be one paper of two hours duration carrying 80 marks and Internal Assessment of 20 marks.
The paper will consist of the following tests:
(a) Question on elementary Sanskrit grammar.
(b) Unprepared translation from English into Sanskrit consisting of short prose sentences.
(c) Unprepared translation from Sanskrit into English.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT Award of Marks (20 Marks)
The minimum number of assignments for the Subject Teacher (Internal Examiner) 10 marks
academic year External Examiner 10 marks
Class X: Two or three assignments of reasonable The total marks obtained out of 20 are to be sent to
length/duration. the Council by the Head of the school.
Suggested Assignments The Head of the school will be responsible for the
online entry of marks on the Council’s CAREERS
Class X portal by the due date.
Oral: Prepared speech/ declamation; impromptu
speech/ debate/ discussion; report/ interview;
elocution; role play/ general conversation on selected
topics.
Aural: Listening to a conversation/ talk/ reading of
a short passage and then writing down the relevant or
main points in the specified number of words and
answering the given questions.

EVALUATION
The assignments/project work are to be evaluated by
the subject teacher and by an External Examiner.
(The External Examiner may be a teacher nominated
by the Head of the school, who could be from the
faculty, but not teaching the subject in the
section/class. For example, a teacher of Language of
Class VIII may be deputed to be an External
Examiner for Class X, Language projects.)
The Internal Examiner and the External Examiner
will assess the assignments independently.

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ORAL ASSIGNMENT
Grade Fluency of Language Subject Matter Organization Vocabulary/ Delivery Understanding Gesture Marks

I Speaks with fluency and Matter is relevant, Content is well Uses appropriate While speaking, the Uses natural and 3
has full operational rich in content and sequenced and well vocabulary and candidate emphasizes spontaneous
command over the original. organized. pronounces words the important points. gestures that are
language. correctly. not out of place.

II The candidate speaks The subject matter The content is The candidate While speaking the Uses some natural 2
with fairly good fluency is mostly relevant, satisfactorily pronounces most candidate emphasizes gestures.
and has reasonable consisting of a sequenced and well words correctly and most important points.
operational command of few original ideas. organized. uses simple
the language. vocabulary.

III The candidate speaks The subject matter The subject content is The candidate While speaking, the Uses very few 1
with poor fluency and is irrelevant and very poor and lacks pronounces many candidate emphasizes natural gestures.
does not communicate lacks originality. organisational words incorrectly and some important points.
except for the most basic structure. uses inappropriate
information. vocabulary.

IV The candidate cannot The subject matter The subject content The candidate is While speaking, the Uses no natural 0
communicate even the is negligible. comprises of mere unable to correctly candidate is unable to gestures.
most basic information. words with no pronounce most words emphasize important
structured sentences. and has a limited points.
vocabulary.

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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 important points made (written/ and correct vocabulary while understands the context and can
the 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 recalling understand the context of the
the passage as well as understand verbal). 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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