English Language
G3N tutors you through the full Cambridge English Language syllabus offline — from Understanding explicit meaning in a text, Understanding implicit meaning and writers' attitudes, Analysing, evaluating and developing ideas with support from the text and more — with adaptive lessons, instant quizzes, flashcards and exam-ready summaries.
Syllabus
What you’ll cover in English Language.
The complete topic outline G3N teaches, mapped to the Cambridge curriculum.
IGCSEReading skills (Paper 1)
5 topicsUnderstanding explicit meaning in a text
Understanding implicit meaning and writers' attitudes
Analysing, evaluating and developing ideas with support from the text
Understanding how writers achieve effects and influence readers
Selecting and using information for a specific purpose
IGCSEDirected writing (Paper 2)
4 topicsTransforming information from a reading text into a new form
Writing a letter, report, article or speech based on source material
Matching tone, form and register to purpose and audience
Using evidence from the source text to support a new piece of writing
IGCSEDescriptive and narrative composition
4 topicsCreating vivid description through sensory detail and figurative language
Structuring a narrative for pace and effect
Developing character, setting and viewpoint
Using a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for deliberate effect
IGCSEDiscursive, argumentative and persuasive writing
4 topicsBuilding and structuring a reasoned argument
Using persuasive techniques and register for effect
Writing a discursive or argumentative letter, article or speech
Balancing opposing viewpoints before reaching a conclusion
IGCSECoursework portfolio (Component 3, alternative to Paper 2)
4 topicsA descriptive writing assignment
A narrative writing assignment
A discursive or argumentative writing assignment
Redrafting and refining extended writing over time
IGCSESpeaking and listening (Component 4, optional)
4 topicsPreparing and delivering an individual talk
Taking part in an extended conversation
Listening and responding appropriately to a conversation partner
Using register and fluency appropriate to a spoken context
A LevelReading (Paper 1, AS)
5 topicsConventions of a wide range of non-fiction textual forms
Linguistic elements and literary features of texts
The significance of audience in the design and reception of texts
How genre, purpose and context contribute to meaning
Writing analytically about the effects of language choices in an unseen text
A LevelWriting (Paper 2, AS)
4 topicsWriting in a range of genres, styles and contexts
Adapting style to fit different forms, audiences and purposes
Directed and re-creative writing in response to a source text
Comparing the style of original writing with a given text
A LevelLanguage change (Paper 3, Section A, A2)
4 topicsThe development of English from Early Modern to Contemporary English
Mechanisms of language change: borrowing, blending, semantic broadening and narrowing
Theories and theorists of language change
Analysing historical language data, including n-gram and corpus evidence
A LevelChild language acquisition (Paper 3, Section B, A2)
4 topicsStages of early spoken language development, 0-8 years
Functions of children's language use
Theories and theorists of child language acquisition
Analysing spoken language transcripts of children and caregivers
A LevelEnglish in the world (Paper 4, Section A, A2)
4 topicsThe spread and diversification of English around the world
Models describing varieties of World Englishes
Language contact, borrowing and pidgin/creole formation
Attitudes towards different varieties of English
A LevelLanguage and the self (Paper 4, Section B, A2)
4 topicsLanguage and the construction of personal and social identity
Variation in language use by gender, group and individual
Language and social context, including online and spoken interaction
Discursive writing on theoretical issues in language and identity
How G3N helps
Turn this syllabus into a pass.
Both tiers, one tutor
IGCSE and A Level content sit side by side, so the tutor follows you from Year 10 through to Year 13.
Structured by syllabus
Topics follow the organisation of the current Cambridge syllabus for each subject, not generic web answers.
Practise and revise
Generate questions per topic, get marked answers with explanations, and summarise dense readings before the paper.
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