Cambridge IGCSE® First Language English Coursebook 5th Edition

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Cambridge IGCSE® First Language English Coursebook

Edition:

5th Edition

Author:

Marian Cox

Published:

May 2018

Format:

ISBN:

9781108438889

This Cambridge IGCSE First Language English series written by experienced examiner Marian Cox, has been updated in line with the revised syllabus (2018). It provides improved navigation across all three components and a choice of pathways which enable teachers and learners to tailor the course according to their particular needs. The coursebook follows a modular, spiral curriculum whereby skills are revisited more than once allowing students to progress with confidence. The book's structure ensures that every individual is supported throughout and is encouraged to achieve their full potential. This is a skills based resource enabling students to develop life skills beyond the exam. It follows a communicative, active-learning approach where speaking and listening are integrated throughout. There are also additional optional units devoted to speaking and listening. The resource includes a wide variety of international text types, in line with the revised syllabus, and clearly organised scaffolded writing sequences.

£49.95

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Overview

With travel writing, magazine articles, blogs and extracts from writers such as Roald Dahl and D. H. Lawrence, this coursebook helps students develop their English Language skills through an active, communicative approach. The first unit in each part covers text analysis, summary writing and note-taking. The second deals with directed writing and the third looks at descriptive and narrative composition and includes suggestions for coursework topics if your school follows this pathway. Suggested answers to coursebook questions are included in the teacher’s book.

Features

The material in this title addresses the needs of students who face the new exam.
Course structure follows a spiral curriculum, providing opportunities for students to consolidate and build on prior learning, in order to fulfil their full potential.
Improved skills signposting between resources in the series makes it easy to plan schemes of work and lessons.
International texts across 6 continents – such as a panda conservation article from China and a travel guide from Machu Picchu – make reading interesting and relevant for everyone.
A focus on writer’s effect and the way we use language helps students develop a personal style and an awareness of audience.
The coursebook contains two optional units dedicated to improving speaking and listening skills.
Written by Marian Cox – examiner and experienced international school teacher. Marian is also the author of Cambridge Checkpoint English Stages 7–9, resulting in a coherent 5-year English programme.