Live iGCSE Cambridge Exam Preparation Course -January to Easter 2026

Description

Cambridge iGCSE English Language Exam Preparation Course

The Cambridge iGCSE English Language Exam Preparation Course, (EPC), is designed to support students studying for the Cambridge First Language English exams, (0500/0990 specifications). This block of live interactive webinar-style sessions is accompanied by additional resources and information as well as an assignment for each lesson, ideally to be completed in advance of watching the associated tutorial, with the aid of comprehensive guidance notes to help consolidate skills and build understanding. Please note that this course does not include marking and feedback on assignments. Students can self-assess their responses against the detailed annotated model responses I provide. This enables them to get to grips with and fully grasp what is is required.

The course is comprised of a series of ten x 1.5hr live webinars each of which focuses on a different area of the syllabus as well as guidance notes and model responses. The live sessions will be recorded and students can attend live and/or watch the recordings. The live webinars will be held on Tuesdays, 9.30 -11am, commencing January 13th 2026.

The sessions will explore:

• writing for different audiences and for different purposes

• conventions and features of letters, articles, speeches, journal entries, interview transcripts, news reports and formal reports

• descriptive and narrative composition

• what is required for the comprehension and short answer questions, writer’s effects and summary writing tasks

The tutorials cover the criteria for success, exam technique and strategy in order to break down how best to approach the various assessment tasks.

Throughout the course, I share annotated model responses I have written as well student exemplar pieces in order to guide students through how to analyse the question, identify and select relevant material to produce a structured, sequenced piece and illustrate what makes a good response.

Please find a brief outline of what will be covered in each session below.

*Week 1: Tuesday January 13th*

Paper 1 – Extended response task: writing an interview transcript

*Week 2: Tuesday January  20th*

Paper 1 – extended response task: informal and formal letters

*Week 3: Tuesday January 27th*

Paper 1 – extended response task: writing a journal entry

*Week 4:  Tuesday February 3rd*

Paper 2 – directed response task: writing a speech

*Week 5: Tuesday February 10th*

Paper 2 – composition task: descriptive writing

**No session February 17th – mid-course break**

*Week 6: Tuesday February 24th*

Paper 2 – Directed response task: writing an article

*Week 7: Tuesday March 3rd*

Paper 2 composition: Narrative writing

*Week 8:  Tuesday March 10th*

Paper 1 – writer’s effects and comprehension

*Week 9: Tuesday March 17th*

Paper 1 – extended response task: newspaper reports, formal reports, summary

*Week 10: Tuesday March 24th*

Paper 2 mock: directed writing task, descriptive composition past paper tasks focusing on describing people and places

Once you’ve signed up, you’ll receive an email with details on how to access the recordings, guidance notes and supplementary resources via Google Classroom.

About me:

I’m a qualified teacher, experienced online tutor and a long-standing home educator of three children. I have taught the Cambridge iGCSE English syllabus for several years now and have supported hundreds of students to realise their potential and achieve excellent results. I have a Masters degree in English Language and Literature and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education. My two older daughters sat this specification and achieved percentage uniform marks, (PUMs), of 97% and 96%.

Once you’ve signed up, you’ll receive an email with details on how to access the recordings, guidance notes and supplementary resources via Google Classroom.