Cambridge iGCSE English Language interactive video course (with tutor-marked assignments)

Cambridge iGCSE English Language interactive video course with tutor-marked assignments

Course content

Unit 1 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 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 Units 3 and 4.

Unit 3 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. 

The first three units of this course are aligned to the course textbook I recommend, which you will need to purchase separately. The course includes sample responses I have written for all the textbook tasks. (The textbook does not come with answers). 

Cambridge IGCSE™ English Student’s Book (Collins Cambridge IGCSE™)

 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0008262004/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_CEWACBTE87VJWF0BWME5_1

Unit 4

The last ten video lessons comprise recordings from my Exam Preparation Course, (which can also be taken as a live webinar-style class on its own from mid-January through to Easter by students who would like support in the run-up to the exams). In these video lessons, I guide students through how to interpret and make sense of mark schemes and examiner reports, so they are able to develop their understanding of how exam tasks are marked and self-assess their work, helping them tailor their responses to the specified criteria.

This part of the course focuses on a different past paper question each week which students can complete in advance of watching the associated recording to help them grasp what's required. The tutorials recap the examiners' criteria, the features of each text type and exam task and 'walk students through' the question, demonstrating how to break down the question, analyse and evaluate the material to produce a well-structured and sequenced response.

Each lesson is accompanied by an annotated model response I have written to illustrate what makes a good answer and what examiners are looking for. Each tutorial for this section of the course is 1 hr 30-1hr 45 minutes long and the recordings can be watched in more than one sitting.

Ten marked assignments covering all the different exam tasks are included. I mark and provide detailed feedback on students' assignments, so they can assess their progress and how they can improve their responses.

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 several years. My two older daughters sat this specification and achieve percentage uniform marks, (PUMs), of 97% and 96%.