Cambridge IGCSE® First Language English Coursebook

Fully updated, flexible resources taking an active-learning approach that encourages students to aim higher in the 0500, 0524 and 0990 syllabuses.

Marian Cox (Author)

9781108438889, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 May 2018

182 pages
27.6 x 21.9 x 0.8 cm, 0.48 kg

Fully updated, flexible resources taking an active-learning approach that encourages students to aim higher in the 0500, 0524 and 0990 syllabuses. 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.

Part 1: Travel and Sport: Unit 1 Reading
Unit 2 Directed Writing
Unit 3 Composition
Part 2: Work and Education: Unit 4 Reading
Unit 5 Directed Writing
Unit 6 Composition
Part 3: People and Society: Unit 7 Reading
Unit 8 Directed Writing
Unit 9 Composition
Part 4: Ideas and Technology: Unit 10 Reading
Unit 11 Directed Writing
Unit 12 Composition
Part 5: Speaking and Listening: Unit 13
Unit 14

Subject Areas: Educational: English language: reading & writing skills [YQCS]