SPM 2021 INTRODUCTION TO F4 2021

SMKTB SPM CEFR-Aligned
2021 English Papers 2022
“The Format”

25thJanuary 2021 (Monday)
9.30 am – 10.30 am

By: Teacher Nako Abdullah
SMK Tengku Bariah, KT

WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT?

1 A continuation of PT3-CEFR Aligned
curriculum 2020 (sambungan PT3)

Targeted at 4 skills mastery

2 (R-W-L-S)

3 Compulsory for all Form 4 students
– 4 papers (wajib!)

ENGLISH 1119 PAPERS

❑Each paper contributes to a 25% of • Reading • Writing
the overall grade performance for and Use
SPM 2021. of English 1119/2

❑All candidates MUST sit for the 1119/1 1119/4
papers.
1119/3 • Listening
❑Marks allocation for each paper:
• Speaking
✓ Reading and Use of English (1119/1):

40 marks
✓ Writing (1119/2): 60 marks
✓ Speaking (1119/3): 24 marks
✓ Listening (1119/4): 30 marks





READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1119/1)

❑ 40 Questions (Q1 – Q40)
❖ Part 1: 8 marks
❖ Part 2: 10 marks
❖ Part 3: 8 marks
❖ Part 4: 6 marks
❖ Part 5: 8 marks

❑ Rubrics will be at B1-B2 level
(Full Blast, F4 / English Download, F5)

❑ Answer ALL questions.









8 choices of answers



WRITING (1119/2)

❑ 3 parts (60 marks)
❑ Part 1: Informal message to an informal

audience (i.e. email, message – A2 level
❑ Part 2: Open essay on a topic (i.e opinion,

discursive, argumentative) – B1 level
❑ Part 3: 3 choices , choose one - B2-C1 level
▪ Choice 1 : Article / Report
▪ Choice 2: Review
▪ Choice 3: Story

Overview of Writing Test Tasks

Parts 1 and 2 are compulsory and there is no choice of question. In part 3,
candidates have a choice and there are three different tasks to choose from.

Part 1 (Compulsory task) A2 Level
Candidates have to write an email to a friend in about 80 words

Part 2 (Compulsory task) B1 Level
Candidates have to write an essay in about 150 words

Part 3 (Candidates have a choice of task) B2 Level
This part has three questions or tasks to choose from. The tasks
types may include an article, a review, a report or a story and
candidates have to choose one. They have to write about 250 words.

Candidates MUST
address the ‘tasks’
mentioned in the

rubric.

Candidates MUST address
the ‘tasks’ mentioned in

the rubric.

PART 3: CHOICE 1 (ARTICLE / REPORT)

PART 3: CHOICE 2 (REVIEW)

PART 3: CHOICE 3 (STORY)

Assessment Scales for Writing Paper (1119/2)

Language Content

Communicative Organisation Which is/are
Achievement the trickiest
and the easiest

to score?

SPEAKING (1119/3)

❑ 3 parts (1+1 candidates)
❑ Interlocutor & Assessor

Part 1 (interview):
❑ 2 questions on personal info
Part 2: (Longer Turns):
❑ Respond to rubric individually
❑ Answer a question each based on

friend’s responses/topic
Part 3 (Discussion)
❑ Paired discussion (3-4 mins)
❑ Extended discussion task (HOTs)

SPEAKING TEST ARRANGEMENT

BEFORE, DURING & AFTER SPEAKING TEST

Reminder:
Pens and papers
are NOT allowed
in the test room.

SPEAKING MARKING CRITERIA

1. The three analytical criteria (Assessor) are:
❑ Grammar (Band 1-6)
❑ Vocabulary (Band 1-6)
❑ Communicative Competence (Band 1-6)

2. The interlocutor uses the Overall Spoken Performance scale
(Band 1-6)

3. The level of the test is CEFR B1 to B2, highest results at C1

LISTENING (1119/4)

- 4 parts (compulsory)
- Each audio will be repeated twice.

Part 1 (monologue/announcement):
❑ 7 MCQ questions (A-B-C)
Part 2: (longer audio):
❑ 8 MCQ questions (A-B-C)
Part 3 (matching)
❑ Match the speaker with the ideas
❑ 7 choices: 5 correct answers + 2 distractors
Part 4 (gapped-fill)
❑ 10 blanks with word/s.

Questions & Answers

Have a question?
Ask away!

The End.

Thank you for being all ears!