What is covered in this course The complete Cambridge iGCSE interactive video course is self-paced and ideal for independent learners. The course is comprehensive and comprises over 30 interactive video lessons, totalling over 40 hours of content. A breakdown of what’s included in each of the course units is provided below.
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.
There are two exam sittings available each year. I recommend students complete all the modules by Easter if they plan to take the exam in May and by September if they plan to take the October exams so they have the opportunity to put all they have learnt into practice with about four weeks available to use past papers to hone their skills.
Please note, this course option does not include feedback on assignments. Separate course options are also available to purchase the standard course plus ten tutor-marked past paper assignments and the Exam Preparation Course, which has an explicit focus on exam assessment tasks. Past paper questions are discussed alongside the corresponding mark schemes and examiners’ reports. I provide detailed guidance on how to understand mark schemes so that learners can assess their own responses to further past paper questions.
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 Masters 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 and have supported hundreds of students to achieve academic success. My two older daughters sat this specification and achieved A* grades with percentage uniform marks, (PUMs), of 97% and 96%.
Detailed course information
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 may we 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 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 different types of imagery, including sensory details, varied sentences and punctuation.
iGCSE Cambridge English Language complete course (self-study option) suitable for exams from 2027
£165.00
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What is covered in this course
The complete Cambridge iGCSE interactive video course is self-paced and ideal for independent learners. The course is comprehensive and comprises over 30 interactive video lessons, totalling over 40 hours of content. A breakdown of what’s included in each of the course units is provided below.
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.
There are two exam sittings available each year. I recommend students complete all the modules by Easter if they plan to take the exam in May and by September if they plan to take the October exams so they have the opportunity to put all they have learnt into practice with about four weeks available to use past papers to hone their skills.
Please note, this course option does not include feedback on assignments. Separate course options are also available to purchase the standard course plus ten tutor-marked past paper assignments and the Exam Preparation Course, which has an explicit focus on exam assessment tasks. Past paper questions are discussed alongside the corresponding mark schemes and examiners’ reports. I provide detailed guidance on how to understand mark schemes so that learners can assess their own responses to further past paper questions.
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 Masters 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 and have supported hundreds of students to achieve academic success. My two older daughters sat this specification and achieved A* grades with percentage uniform marks, (PUMs), of 97% and 96%.
Detailed course information
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 may we 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 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 different types of imagery, including sensory details, varied sentences and punctuation.
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