Cambridge iGCSE English Language (w/ Tutor Marked Assignments)

The course comprises over 40 interactive video tutorials, using the core textbook as a framework. Each of the first 30 Mastering Skills tutorials is 1-1.5 hours in length, aligned to the textbook and designed to offer guidance on a specific syllabus area. Students can pause the video at key points and attempt questions before comparing their response with a model response I have written, so they can self-assess and check they're on track.

Each tutorial maps onto a section of the textbook building all the core skills gradually and, as with the UKS3 sessions, I provide a range of supplementary resources and guidance material for students to expand their reading, build their skills and consolidate their understanding.

The last ten video tutorials 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.

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. Each tutorial for this section of the course is 1 hr 30-1hr 45 minutes long. Again, the recordings can be watched in more than one sitting.

A suggested time frame for the whole course of four units is 1.5 years, so you could start in January and comfortably complete the tutorials working across four terms in time for the Easter break before the summer series exams the following year. However, as it's 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. I recommend students complete all the modules by Easter if they're planning to take the exam in May 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.

Ten marked assignments covering all the different exam tasks are included which I provide detailed feedback on. In addition, I'll mark and provide comprehensive feedback on one set of two past papers at the end of the course, so students can assess their progress.