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CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus 2023-24

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CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus 2023-24 includes The Last Lesson, Lost Spring, Deep Water, The Rattrap, Indigo, Poets and Pancakes, The Interview, Going Places etc for the session 2023 – 2024. Here is the English syllabus for class 12 CBSE 2023-24. To download class 12 English Core CBSE’s latest sample question papers for the 2024 exams, please install the myCBSEguide App which is the best mobile app for CBSE students.

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CBSE Class 12
English Core (Code No. 301)
Syllabus (2023-24)


CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus

Section A – 22 Marks Reading Skills

I Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage (12+10=22 Marks)

  1. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and inference. Vocabulary assessment will also be assessed via inference. The passage may be factual, descriptive or literary.
  2. ​​​​​​One unseen case-based passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc. to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.
    Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 700-750 words. Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions and Short Answer type Questions (to be answered in 40-50 words) will be asked.

Section B – 18 Marks Creative Writing Skills

II. Creative Writing Skills

  1. Notice up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (4 Marks: Format :1 / Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar : 1).
  2. Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (4 Marks: Format : 1 / Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1).
  3. Letters based on verbal/visual input, to be answered in approximately 120-150 words. Letter types include application for a job with bio data or resume. Letters to the editor (giving suggestions or opinion on issues of public interest). One out of the two given questions to be answered. (5 Marks: Format : 1 / Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1).
  4. Article/ Report Writing, descriptive and analytical in nature, based on verbal inputs, to be answered in 120-150 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (5 Marks: Format : 1 / Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1).

Section C – 40 Marks Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text

This section will have variety of assessment items including Multiple Choice Questions, Objective Type Questions, Short Answer Type Questions and Long Answer Type Questions to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and extrapolation beyond the text.

  1. One Poetry extract out of two, from the book Flamingo, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and appreciation. (6×1=6 Marks)
  2. One Prose extract out of two, from the book Vistas to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and appreciation. (4×1=4 Marks)
  3. One prose extract out of two, from the book Flamingo to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. (6×1=6Marks)
  4. Short answer type question (from Prose and one from Poetry from the book Flamingo), to be answered in 40-50 words each. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Five questions out of the six given are to be answered. (5×2=10 Marks)
  5. Short answer type question, from Prose (Vistas), to be answered in 40- 50 words each. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Any two out of three questions to be done. (2×2=4 Marks)
  6. One Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry (Flamingo), to be answered in 120-150 words. Questions can be based on incident / theme / passage / extract / event as reference points to assess extrapolation beyond and across the text. The question will elicit analytical and evaluative response from student. Any one out of two questions to be done. (1×5=5 Marks)
  7. One Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Vistas, to be answered in 120-150 words to assess global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the text. Questions to provide analytical evaluative and responses using incidents, events, themes as reference points. Any one out of two questions to be done. (1×5=5 Marks)

CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus Prescribed Books

Flamingo

English Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi
(Prose)

  • The Last Lesson
  • Lost Spring
  • Deep Water
  • The Rattrap
  • Indigo
  • Poets and Pancakes
  • The Interview
  • Going Places

(Poetry)

  • My Mother at Sixty-Six
  • Keeping Quiet
  • A Thing of Beauty
  • A Roadside Stand
  • Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

Vistas

Supplementary Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi

  • The Third Level
  • The Tiger King
  • Journey to the end of the Earth
  • The Enemy
  • On the Face of It
  • Memories of Childhood
    •  The Cutting of My Long Hair
    • We Too are Human Beings
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Assessment of Listening Skills –05 Marks
Assessment of Speaking Skills05 Marks
Project Work10 Marks

CBSE Class 12 English Core Question Paper Design

SectionCompetenciesTotal marks
Reading SkillsConceptual understanding, decoding, Analyzing, inferring, interpreting, appreciating, literary, conventions and vocabulary, summarizing and using appropriate format/s.20
Creative
Writing Skills
Conceptual Understanding, application of rules, Analysis, Reasoning, appropriacy of style and tone, using appropriate format and fluency, inference, analysis, evaluation and creativity.20
Literature Text Books and Supplementary Reading TextsRecalling, reasoning, critical thinking, appreciating literary convention, inference, analysis, creativity with fluency40
 Total80
Internal AssessmentAssessment of Listening and Speaking Skills10
 

  • Listening
  • Speaking
5
5
Project Work10
GRAND TOTAL100

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