International GCSE English First Language

Cambridge International GCSE First Language English is designed for students whose first language is English. The course enables students to develop the ability to communicate clearly, accurately and effectively when speaking and writing; use a wide range of vocabulary, and the correct grammar, spelling and punctuation, and develop a personal style and an awareness of the audience being addressed.

Students are also encouraged to read widely, both for their own enjoyment and to further their awareness of the ways English can be used. Cambridge IGCSE First Language English also develops more general analysis and communication skills such as inference, and the ability to order facts and present opinions effectively.

This English First Language Course covers the following topics:

• Directed writing - Journals
• Directed writing - Formal and informal letters
• Directed writing - Newspaper and magazine articles
• Directed writing - Interviews and dialogues
• Directed writing - Speeches
• Directed writing - Blogs
• Response writing - Argumentative and discursive style responses
• Response to reading - Transforming texts
• Composition writing - Descriptive essays
• Composition writing - Narrative essays
• Summarising skills
• Understanding how writers create effects
• Dead Poets Society
• Exam revision

All topics includes a practice element to help students grasp the topics covered.