IGCSE Edexcel/CIE English – Second Language

IGCSE Edexcel/CIE English – Second Language

Easter Revision Course Dates 2025

• Week 1: Monday 31 March – Friday 4 April
• Week 2: Monday 7 April – Friday 11 April
• Week 3: Monday 14 April – Friday 18 April

(Good Friday is 18 April; Easter Monday is 21 April 2025)

Boards

Edexcel/CIE

Length of Course

5 half-day sessions

Times

9am to 12.30pm and/or 1.30pm to 5pm daily

This course is suitable only for students sitting IGCSE English – Second Language with Edexcel / CIE. It is not suitable for students who speak English as their first language.

Reading

• R1: Identify and retrieve facts and details
• R2: Understand and select relevant information
• R3: Recognise and understand ideas, opinions and attitudes and the connections between related ideas
• R4: Understand what is implied but not actually written, eg gist, relationships, writer’s purpose/intention, writer’s feelings, situation or place

Writing

• W1: Communicate clearly, accurately and appropriately
• W2: Convey information and express opinions effectively
• W3: Employ and control a variety of grammatical structures
• W4: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a range of appropriate vocabulary
• W5: Observe conventions of paragraphing, punctuation and spelling
• W6: Employ appropriate register/style

Listening

• L1: Identify and retrieve facts and details
• L2: Understand and select relevant information
• L3: Recognise and understand ideas, opinions and attitudes and the connections between related ideas
• L4: Understand what is implied but not actually stated, eg gist, relationships between speakers, speaker’s purpose/intention, speaker’s feelings, situation or place