Cambridge iGCSE English Language video course (with tutor-marked assignments) updated for first sitting 2027 exams

What is covered in this course

This course has been revised for the updated Cambridge syllabus which will be first assessed in May 2027. (If you wish to take exams in 2026, the current specification course covers all the assessment tasks. Please contact us for further information).

Each of the 30 video lessons is 1 - 1.5 hours in length. Each lesson is aligned to a specific syllabus area. Students do not need to purchase any additional materials - all resources are provided. Students can pause the video at key points and attempt questions before comparing their answers with model responses I have written so they can self-assess and check they're on track.

Each lesson maps onto a section of the syllabus, building all the core skills gradually, and a range of supplementary resources are provided as well as additional material for students to extend their reading, develop their skills and consolidate their understanding.

As this is a video course, you have complete flexibility to decide your timescale and work through the material at your own pace. You can start at any point in the year and complete the course over six months or two years.

This course option includes grading and in-depth feedback on ten assignments taken from past papers and detailed guidance on how to strengthen responses. I recommend students complete all the modules a month before the exams, so they have the opportunity to put all they have learnt into practice and can use past papers to hone their skills. There are two sittings available each year.

Once you have placed your order, you will receive an email with details on how to access all the course content via Google Classroom. You will also be able to join a closed Facebook group where you can connect with other learners and I will share ideas, advice, hints and tips.

Course content

Unit 1 includes three past paper marked assignments and covers the following aspects of the syllabus:

* Skimming, scanning, explicit and implicit meaning

* Emotive and sensory language

* Recognising and distinguishing fact, opinion and bias (looking at feature articles, opinion pieces etc)

* Analysing and evaluating, looking at form and purpose in a range of texts

* Deducing audience

* Understanding how to match tone to audience and purpose.

* Technical skills - grammar, punctuation, use of reported and direct speech, structuring writing, paragraphing and paragraph cohesion, audience and levels of formality, assuming voice and role.

Unit 2 includes three marked past paper assignments and focuses on the following:

Key writing forms & the conventions of different text types, including:

* Speeches/talks

* Interviews

* Diary journal entries

* Reports

* News reports

* Magazine articles

* Letters

This awareness is crucial for the extended writing response and directed writing task, for which candidates must be prepared to write any of the text types listed above.

We will also look at writing for different purposes including:

* Writing to inform, explain, persuade, argue, explore and discuss.

We will touch on descriptive and narrative writing, which will be examined in more detail in Unit 3.

Unit 3 includes four marked past paper assignments and covers the following:

* Applying skills - locating and selecting information, literal and inferred meaning, practising exam-style comprehension questions and looking at sample responses

* Summary writing - identifying the focus of the question, selecting and ordering points for a summary, writing a summary, practice questions, sample answers

* Analysing language - synonyms and literal meaning, explaining connotations and associations

* Extended response to reading and directed writing exam tasks - how to plan, structure and write pieces, including understanding the question's focus, assuming a role, practising with exam-style questions

* Composition - descriptive and narrative tasks, organising ideas, structuring your piece, using imagery, including sensory details, varieties of focus, developing elements fully, the importance of using varied sentence types and starters and punctuation. 
 
Once you have placed your order, you will receive an email with details on how to access all the course content via Google Classroom. You will also be able to join a closed Facebook group where you can connect with other learners and I will share ideas, advice, hints and tips.

A bit about me: I am a qualified English tutor with a MA degree in English Language and Literature and a PGCE. I'm also a long-standing home educating mum to three. I have taught the Cambridge iGCSE English Language specification for nearly a decade, supporting hundreds of students to achieve academic success. My two older daughters sat this specification and were awarded percentage uniform marks, (PUMs), of 97% and 96%.