Cambridge IGCSE World Literature 0408 Syllabus 2025 - 2026 - 2027 - Version 2

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Cambridge IGCSE World Literature 0408 syllabus for exams in 2025, 2026 and 2027 explains the qualification’s purpose and learning benefits, outlining the aims, content overview, assessment framework, and objectives. It details set texts for each exam year, describes assessment components including coursework and papers on unseen poetry and a set text, and provides command words. The syllabus also covers entries, accessibility and equality, grade descriptions, and notes changes in version 2 published December 2022.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages30

Reading Time1 h 16 min

AccessFree to download

Why choose this syllabus?

Key benefits

Syllabus overview

Aims

Content overview

Assessment overview

Assessment objectives

Subject content

Set texts for examination in 2025

Set texts for examination in 2026

Set texts for examination in 2027

Details of the assessment

Component 1 Coursework

Paper 2 Unseen Poetry

Paper 3 Set Text

Command words

What else you need to know

Before you start

Making entries

Accessibility and equality

After the exam

Grade descriptions

Changes to this syllabus for 2025, 2026 and 2027

Syllabus Cambridge IGCSE™ World Literature 0408 Use this syllabus for exams in 2025, 2026 and 2027. Exams are available in the June and November series. Version 2 For the purposes of screen readers, any mention in this document of Cambridge IGCSE refers to Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education. Why choose Cambridge International? Cambridge International prepares school students for life, helping them develop an informed curiosity and a lasting passion for learning. We are part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, which is a department of the University of Cambridge. Our Cambridge Pathway gives students a clear path for educational success from age 5 to 19. Schools can shape the curriculum around how they want students to learn – with a wide range of subjects and flexible ways to offer them. It helps students discover new abilities and a wider world, and gives them the skills they need for life, so they can achieve at school, university and work. Our programmes and qualifications set the global standard for international education. They are created by subject experts, rooted in academic rigour and reflect the latest educational research. They provide a strong platform for learners to progress from one stage to the next, and are well supported by teaching and learning resources. Our mission is to provide educational benefit through provision of international programmes and qualifications for school education and to be the world leader in this field. Together with schools, we develop Cambridge learners who are confident, responsible, reflective, innovative and engaged – equipped for success in the modern world. Every year, nearly a million Cambridge students from 10 000 schools in 160 countries prepare for their future with the Cambridge Pathway. School feedback: ‘We think the Cambridge curriculum is superb preparation for university.’ Feedback from: Christoph Guttentag, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Duke University, USA Quality management Cambridge International is committed to providing exceptional quality. In line with this commitment, our quality management system for the provision of international qualifications and education programmes for students aged 5 to 19 is independently certified as meeting the internationally recognised standard, [ISO 9001:2015. Learn more at www.cambridgeinternational.org/ISO9001](ISO 9001:2015. Learn more at www.cambridgeinternational.org/ISO9001) © Cambridge University Press & Assessment September 2022 Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Cambridge University Press & Assessment is a department of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge University Press & Assessment retains the copyright on all its publications. Registered centres are permitted to copy material from this booklet for their own internal use. However, we cannot give permission to centres to photocopy any material that is acknowledged to a third party even for internal use within a centre. Contents Why choose Cambridge International? ........................................................................ 2 1 Why choose this syllabus? ........................................................................................ 4 2 Syllabus overview ....................................................................................................... 7 Aims 7 Content overview 8 Assessment overview 9 Assessment objectives 10 3 Subject content .........................................................................................................11 Set texts for examination in 2025 12 Set texts for examination in 2026 13 Set texts for examination in 2027 14 4 Details of the assessment ........................................................................................15 Component 1 Coursework 15 Paper 2 Unseen Poetry 22 Paper 3 Set Text 22 Command words 24 5 What else y

FAQs

For which exam years does this World Literature 0408 syllabus apply?

It is for exams in 2025, 2026 and 2027, available in the June and November series.

What are the assessment components in the syllabus?

Assessment includes Component 1 Coursework, Paper 2 Unseen Poetry, and Paper 3 Set Text, supported by command words.

Where can schools find changes between versions for 2025–2027?

The syllabus points readers to the section describing changes on page 28, and states the latest version is version 2 published December 2022 with no significant teaching-affecting changes.

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