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1.2 Section A: Non-fiction Texts

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Question 29

The unfamiliar alphabet

I had booked the beginner's class because the advertisement promised no previous knowledge was needed. Outside the room, I heard two people already speaking the language fluently. For a moment I wondered whether I had come to the wrong session. The tutor met me at the door and handed me a sheet with my name written in an unfamiliar alphabet. I could not read it, but I wanted to learn how. I chose a seat near the front, where I would be unable to disappear behind someone else's answers.

In your own words, explain the writer's thoughts and feelings before the language lesson starts.

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1.2 Section A: Non-fiction Texts Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /English Language
  3. /1.2 Section A: Non-fiction Texts

232 exam-style questions on Edexcel A IGCSE English Language 1.2 Section A: Non-fiction Texts, covering 1.2.1 Focus of Section A, 1.2.2 Reading challenging non-fiction in preparation for the unseen text, 1.2.3 Reading substantial and extended texts, 1.2.4 Skills of interpretation and analysis, 1.2.5 Range of non-fiction forms, 1.2.6 Literary non-fiction text types, 1.2.7 Transient texts excluded from assessment, 1.2.8 The anthology as a supporting resource, and 1.2.9 Digital location of texts. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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