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

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

Paper 1H is the Higher Tier Listening and Understanding component of the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chinese qualification (1CN0/1H). It assesses students’ ability to understand spoken Chinese in a range of contexts, including longer dialogues, authentic audio materials, and more complex language structures.

This paper is designed for students targeting grades 4–9 and forms 25% of the total GCSE Chinese qualification.

✔ What the Paper Covers

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

🎧 Audio Texts

Longer conversations and interviews

Announcements, instructions, and short reports

Narratives or extracts from authentic Chinese sources

Dialogues incorporating opinions, explanations, and justifications

📌 Key Topics

Personal and family life

School, hobbies, and leisure activities

Local community and environment

Future plans, aspirations, and social issues

Cultural topics relevant to Chinese-speaking communities

📝 Question Types

Multiple-choice questions

Matching exercises

True/false or correct/incorrect statements

Short-answer questions in English or Chinese

Extracting specific information and interpreting implied meaning

📌 Marking Focus

Comprehension: understanding explicit and implicit meaning

Accuracy: identifying key details

Inference: interpreting opinions, reasons, or attitudes

Language Understanding: recognizing vocabulary, grammar, and context

✔ Structure of the Paper

Section A: Short listening texts with straightforward comprehension questions

Section B: Longer texts requiring more detailed understanding and inference

Section C: Short-answer questions to assess interpretation and reasoning

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

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Published	09 Dec 2025
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2025 Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chinese Paper 1H and Mark Scheme Edexcel GCSE Chinese 1CN0 1CN0/1H Chinese Listening Higher Tier Listening Exam Comprehension GCSE 2025