CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2024-25

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) holds the responsibility of designing and updating the English syllabus of class 12^th. Board has designed the syllabus in a way to give students a high level of competence in the English language. The students should note that there are different syllabi for English Core and English Elective subjects. CBSE 12 Class English syllabus 2024 is vital from the students who are going to appear for the board examination. Students, as well as teachers, can check the CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2024-25.

CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus 2024-25

Section A Reading Skills

Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage 22 Marks

I. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation and inference. Vocabulary and inference of meaning will also be assessed. The passage may be factual, descriptive or literary. (10×1=10 Marks)

II. One unseen case–based passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc. (10×1=10 Marks)

Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 700–750 words.
Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked

Section B

III. Creative Writing Skills 18 Marks

The section has Short and Long writing tasks.
i. Notice up to 50 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 ).
ii. Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply up to 50 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 ).
iii. 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 ).
iv. 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 . (5 Marks: Format : 1 /Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1 ).

Section C- Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text 40 marks

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, analysis, interpretation and extrapolation beyond the text.

i. One Poetry extract out of two from the book Flamingo to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and appreciation. (6x1=6 Marks)
ii. One Prose extract out of two from the book Vistas to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and appreciation. (4x1=4 Marks)
iii. One prose extract out of two from the book Flamingo to assess comprehension, interpretation and analysis. (6x1=6Marks)
V. Short answer type question (from Prose and Poetry from the book Flamingo), to be answered in 40–50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Five questions out of the six given are to be answered. (5×2=10 Marks)
VI. Short answer type question, from Prose (Vistas), to be answered in 40– 50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Any 2 out of 3 questions to be done. (2×2=4 Marks)
VII. 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 1 out of 2 questions to be done. (1×5=5 Marks)
VIII. 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 evaluative and analytical responses using incidents, events, themes as reference points. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done. (1×5=5 Marks)

Set of Prescribed Books

Find below the list of all recommended books by CBSE:

1. Flamingo: English Reader published by National Council of Education Research andTraining,
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
2. 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 Skills – 05 Marks
• Project Work – 10 Marks

CBSE Class 12 English Elective New Syllabus 2024-25

Section A READING 20 MARKS

This section will have two unseen passages and a poem:
1. 12 Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions out of 15 from a literary or discursive passage of about 950-1000 words. (1 X 12 =12 Marks)
2. 4 out of 5 multiple choice questions / Objective Type Questions to test interpretation and appreciation of a poem ofabout 10-12 lines. (1×4=4 Marks)
3. 4 out of 5 multiple choice questions / Objective Type Questions from a case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data, chart etc.) of 100-120 words to test interpretation.

Section B

Applied GRAMMAR 8 Marks
4. 8 multiple choice questions / Objective Type Questions out of 10 involving transformation of sentences. (1×8 =8 Marks)
Creative Writing 20 Marks
5. Three Long Writing Task out of Four to be answered in 120-150 words each: A discursive and interpretative writing. (5×3=15 Marks)
6. One Long Writing Task out of two to be answered in 120-150 words: An essay on an argumentative/discursive topic such as an article/report/speech. Contemporary topics/issues to be a part of Article, Report and Speech Writing. (5×1=5 Marks)

Section C

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, analysis, interpretation and extrapolation beyond the text.

Textbook 22 Marks

7. Reference to the Context
i. One Prose extract out of two to assess literary appreciation and analysis (6×1= 6 Marks)
ii. One Poetry extract out of two to assess literary appreciation and analysis (6×1= 6 Marks)

8. One Short Answer Question out of two to be answered in 30-40 words to assess understanding analysis and critical appreciation. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. (2×1=2 Marks)
9. One Short Answer Question out of two to be answered in 40-50 words to assess understanding analysis and critical appreciation. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking and drawing inferences in poetry and prose. (3X1=3 Marks)
10. One Long Answer Question out of two to be answered in 120-150 words each to assess deeper understanding, interpretation, appreciation and drawing inferences. Questions to elicit creative responses and assess ability to form opinions. (5×1=5 Marks)

Fiction 10 Marks
11. One Short Answer Question out of two to be answered in 30-40 words to test understanding and appreciation and seek comments, interpretation, evaluation and appreciation of characters, events, episodes and interpersonal relationships. (2×1=2 Marks)
12. One Short Answer Question out of two to be answered in 40-50 words to test understanding and appreciation and seek comments, interpretation, evaluation and appreciation of characters, events, episodes and interpersonal relationships. (3 x1=3 Marks)
13. One Long Answer Question out of two to be answered in 120-150 words to testdeeper (in depth) understanding, interpretation, appreciation and drawing global inferences of the given text with reference to characters /events/ incidents and episodes, leading to creative rendering, forming and defending opinions. (5×1=5 Marks)

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Seminar (20 marks)

• Presentation – book review /a play /a short story/a novel/novella (tale, table,
  parable) to be followed by a question-answer session.
• Poetry reading to be followed by interpretative tasks based on close reading and literary analysis of the text. Critical review of a film or a play
• Conducting a theatre workshop to be followed by a discussion

Prescribed Books:

1. Kaleidoscope – Text book published by NCERT
2. Fiction: A Tiger for Malgudi or The Financial Expert by R.K. Narayan (Novel)

Book- Kaleidoscope-Short Stories
I Sell my Dreams
Eveline
A Wedding in Brownsville
Book- Kaleidoscope-Poetry
A Lecture Upon the Shadow
Poems by Milton
Poems by Blake
Kubla Khan
Trees
The Wild Swans of Coole
Time and Time Again
Book- Kaleidoscope- Non fiction
Freedom
The Mark on the Wall
Film-making
Why the Novel Matters
The Argumentative Indian
Book- Kaleidoscope-Drama
1. Chandalika- RABINDRANATH TAGORE

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