IGCSE English

Summary of course content

By attending this course, you will develop the ability to communicate clearly, accurately and effectively when speaking and writing. You will evolve your personal style by broadening your vocabulary while being exposed to various forms of written texts.

Enjoy a course that will guide you in delivering a presentation or conversing with international peers.

During your Cambridge IGCSE First Language English course, you will need to:

• develop your ability to communicate clearly, accurately and effectively when speaking and writing
• learn how to use a wide range of vocabulary and the correct grammar, spelling and punctuation
• develop your personal style of writing and speaking, as well as your awareness of the audience you are addressing.

This course aims to enable young students to:

• read a wide range of texts fluently and with good understanding, enjoying and appreciating a variety of language
• read critically, and use the knowledge gained from wide reading to inform and improve their own writing
• write accurately and effectively, using Standard English appropriately
• work with information and with ideas in language by developing skills of evaluation, analysis, use and inference
• listen to, understand, and use spoken language effectively
• acquire and apply a wide vocabulary alongside a knowledge and understanding of grammatical terminology and linguistic conventions.