Class 12 English Syllabus 2022-23
The CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2022-23 has been released by the central board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for acedemic year 2022-23 on the official website cbseacademic.nic.in. We have given the Class 12 English Syllabus 2022-23 in detail on this page to save students’ efforts. Students who will appear for CBSE Class 12 Exams 2023 must read the complete Class 12 English Syllabus 2022-23. Bookmark this page to get all the latest updates from CBSE.
CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2022-23 Pdf Download
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Class 12 English Syllabus 2023 Section wise
Candidates who are going to take the CBSE 12th Board Exams 2023 must go through the complete CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2022-23. The CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2022-23 is divided into 3 sections. These 3 sections are:
- Section A- Reading Skills
- Section B- Creative Writing Skills
- Section C – MCQs, Short Answer Type Questions and Long Answer Type Questions from the context
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CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2023 – Section A
Reading Skills
Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage – 20 Marks
1. 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)
2. 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 passages will be 700-750 words.
Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked.
CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2023 – Section B
3. Creative Writing Skills – 20 Marks
The section has Short and Long writing tasks.
- Notice up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions is to be answered. (5 Marks: Format: 1 / Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar: 1 ).
- 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 ).
- Letters based on verbal/visual input, to be answered in approximately 120-150 words. Letter types include an application for a job with bio-data or a resume. Letters to the editor (giving suggestions or opinions on issues of public interest). One out of the two given questions is to be answered. (5 Marks: Format: 1 / Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1 ).
- 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).
CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2022-23 – Section C
This section will have a 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.
4. Reference to the Context (40 Marks)
- One Poetry extracts out of two from the book Flamingo to assess comprehension,
interpretation, analysis and appreciation. (6×1=6 Marks) - One Prose extract out of two from the book Vistas to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, and appreciation. (4×1=4 Marks)
- One prose extracts out of two from the book Flamingo to assess comprehension,
interpretation, and analysis. (6×1=6Marks)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. 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 an analytical
and evaluative response from student. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done. (1×5=5 Marks)
8. 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, and themes as
reference points. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done. (1×5=5 Marks)
Class 12 English Syllabus 2022-23 : Internal Assessment
- Assessment of Listening Skills – 05 marks.
- Assessment of Speaking Skills – 05 Marks
- Project Work – 10 Marks
CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2022-23 : Question Paper Design
| Section | Competencies | Total marks |
| Reading Skills | Conceptual understanding, decoding, Analyzing, inferring, interpreting,appreciating, literary, conventions and vocabulary, summarizing and using appropriate format/s. | 20 |
| Creative Writing Sills C | Conceptual Understanding, application ofrules, Analysis, Reasoning, appropriacy of style and tone, using appropriate format and fluency, inference, analysis, evaluation and creativity. | 20 |
| Literature Text Books and Supplementary Reading Texts | Recalling, reasoning, critical thinking, appreciating literary convention, inference, analysis, creativity with fluency | 40 |
| TOTAL | 80 | |
| Assessment ofListening andSpeaking Skills | 10 | |
| Internal Assessment • Listening • Speaking • Project Work | 5 5 10 | |
| GRAND TOTAL | 100 |
CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2022-23 : Prescribed Books
Check out the Prescired books for CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2022-23.
1. 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
2. Vistas: Supplementary Reader published by National Council of Education Researchand
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
