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IGCSE English
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11 video lessons
7:55
Topic 1
Reading Skills
Open the reading paper. You see a long text — six hundred words, maybe more — and a full page of questions. The clock says forty-five minutes. Many students…
7:50
Topic 2
Writing: Purpose, Audience and Accuracy
Two students want the same thing: permission to use the school hall on Saturday. Both write to the head teacher. The first one says: <slow>Hi, can we have the…
7:50
Topic 3
Writing an Informal Email
Two students answer the same task: write to your friend about a place you visited. Here is the first one. <slow>I visited a museum. It was good. I went with my…
8:04
Topic 4
Writing a Formal Letter or Email
A student finds that the new bus timetable makes her late for school every morning. She decides to write to the bus company. Her first draft says: <slow>This…
7:50
Topic 5
Writing a Report
A club leader has to decide whether to run the school trip again next year. Two students send her an account of it. The first says: <slow>The trip was amazing!…
7:49
Topic 6
Writing an Article
Two students write an article about sleep for the school magazine. Here is one opening: <slow>Sleep is very important for students. In this article I will…
7:37
Topic 7
Writing a Review
You are deciding where to eat, and you read two reviews of the same restaurant. The first review says: <slow>The food was nice and the staff were nice. I liked…
7:56
Topic 8
Writing an Essay
Two students answer the same essay question: should students have homework? Here is the first one. Homework is good. It helps you learn. Also some students do…
7:00
Topic 9
Listening Skills
Here is what makes listening different from every other paper. In reading, the text sits still and waits for you. In listening, <slow>the recording does not…
7:16
Topic 10
Speaking skills
Ten minutes. Two people. One conversation, in English. That is the whole speaking test — no essay, no grammar paper. You just talk. So why do so many good…
7:24
Topic 11
Vocabulary and Text Types
Two students get the same task: a report for the head teacher about the school trip. The first student writes: Hi Sir! The trip was good. The food was good and…