2025 Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chinese Paper 1F and Mark Scheme Combined (1CN0/1F: Listening and understanding in Chinese Foundation Tier)

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2025 Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chinese Paper 1F and Mark Scheme Combined (1CN0/1F: Listening and understanding in Chinese Foundation Tier)

Paper 1F is the Foundation Tier Listening and Understanding component of the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chinese qualification (1CN0/1F). It assesses students’ ability to understand spoken Chinese in everyday contexts, using familiar vocabulary and basic sentence structures.

This paper is designed for students targeting grades 1–5 and forms 25% of the total GCSE Chinese qualification.

✔ What the Paper Covers

Paper 1F includes a variety of listening tasks, such as:

🎧 Audio Texts

Short dialogues and conversations
Simple announcements or instructions
Everyday messages
Interviews or short reports on familiar topics

📌 Key Topics

Personal information and identity
School and local area
Hobbies and free-time activities
Daily routines and holidays
Social and cultural topics relevant to the student’s life

📝 Question Types

Multiple-choice questions
Matching exercises
True/false or correct/incorrect statements
Short-answer questions in English or Chinese
Extracting specific information and understanding general meaning

📌 Marking Focus

Comprehension: identifying key facts and details
Accuracy: correct extraction of information
Understanding: following instructions and messages in context

✔ Structure of the Paper

Section A: Short listening texts with simple questions
Section B: Longer texts with slightly more complex questions
Section C: Short-answer questions requiring interpretation or inference

The combined document includes both the question paper and the official mark scheme, which provides accepted answers, alternative wording, and guidance on mark allocation.

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Author	Proficient Academic Tutor
Published	09 Dec 2025
Included files	PDF
2025 Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chinese Paper 1F and Mark Scheme Edexcel GCSE Chinese 1CN0 1CN0/1F Chinese Listening Foundation Tier Listening Exam Comprehension GCSE 2025