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Exam Board: AQALevel & Subject: GCSE English Language, GCSE English LiteratureNext exams: June 2027 AQA approved Teach AQA’s GCSEs in English Literature and English Language as one coherent course with Student Books that help students to build and apply the skills that underpin both qualifications. Offer your students the right level of challenge. The Core Student Book provides an excellent foundation in the skills and knowledge required for both courses.Help all students make good progress. Each chapter follows the hierarchy of skills and knowledge in the mark schemes, so students have a clear sequence of learning. End-of-chapter ‘Apply your skills’ practice tasks, annotated answers and self-assessment guidance helps students understand how to improve their work.Get to grips with the new specifications with expert suggestions from leading professionals as to how you could plan and teach the course. Our practical, ready-made resources can be used in your first years of teaching the specifications, and edited and adapted to yourrequirements.Save time updating your English Language resources with our comprehensive selection of passages from nineteenth- to twenty-first century literature and literary non-fiction, perfect for building students’ confidence in tackling unseen texts.Engage all learners with a rich and exciting approach to English Literature that takes students step-by-step through the fundamentals of how to analyse, interpret and writecritically about literature to provide a starting point for your own in-depth exploration of your chosen set texts.

Exam Board: AQALevel & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Language, GCSE 9-1 English LiteratureNext exams: June 2027 AQA approved Teach AQA’s GCSEs in English Literature and English Language as one coherent course with Student Books that help students to build and apply the skills that underpin both qualifications. Offer your students the right level of challenge. The Advanced Student Book revisits the Assessment Objectives for English Language and English Literature from the Core Student Book at a more sophisticated level, offering extra challenge to more able students.Help all students make good progress. Each chapter follows the hierarchy of skills and knowledge in the mark schemes, so students have a clear sequence of learning. End-of-chapter ‘Apply your skills’ practice tasks, annotated answers and self-assessment guidance helps students understand how to improve their work.Get to grips with the new specifications with expert suggestions from leading professionals as to how you could plan and teach the course. Our practical, ready-made resources can be used in your first years of teaching the specifications, and edited and adapted to your requirements.Save time updating your English Language resources with our comprehensive selection of passages from nineteenth- to twenty-first century literature and literary nonfiction, perfect for building students’ confidence in tackling unseen texts.

The Concise Revision Course – English A provides comprehensive and authoritative guidance to preparing for the Paper 1 and Paper 2 examinations. It adopts a practical, supportive approach to help students build the skills and understanding needed for exam success. Organised by question paper, the Concise Revision Course recaps and models the skills needed to answer each question effectively, moving from scaffolded skills-building activities to full examination-style tasks.Each chapter in the Paper 1 section includes guidance on where you might go wrong when answering multiple-choice questions.Each chapter in the Paper 2 section ends with a full practice question and annotated sample responses to exemplify competent and superior performance.A final chapter of practice questions helps you to prepare for your examinations.

This brand-new Workbook helps students to consolidate their learning, with further practice activities and language support to accompany each chapter of the Student Book.This Workbook supports the syllabuses for Cambridge IGCSE® and IGCSE® (9–1) First Language English (0500 and 0990) for first examination in 2020.Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: IGCSE First Language English (0500), IGCSE (9–1) First Language English (0990)First teaching: September 2018 First examination: June 2020This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Set homework easily or offer extra support where needed with a clear correspondence between the Workbook and Student Book.Following the skills-building chapter structure of Student Book, the Workbook provides additional practice of the fundamental reading, writing and speaking and listening skills, covering teaching points in more depth and with more scaffolding where appropriate.Practice tasks for all the exam-question styles help students to build their writing stamina and fluency for all the writing forms and purposes required by the syllabus.The write-in format means students can review and revisit their learning, providing a useful reference for revision.Explanations and activities have been designed to be used by students working individually, without teacher support, if desired.

Help your students develop the skills and understanding to succeed in IGCSE® Literature in English. The Student Book provides an ideal companion to the Cambridge IGCSE® and IGCSE® (9–1) course for first examination in 2020, giving students the tools they need to tackle their own set texts in depth and tackle examinations with confidence.Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: IGCSE Literature in English (0475), IGCSE (9–1) Literature in English (0992)First teaching: September 2018 First examination: June 2020This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Build the fundamental skills and understanding: The first part of the book introduces the essential skills, concepts and terminology. The second part of the book shows students how to apply these skills to poetry, prose and drama.Help all students make good progress. Chapters move from teaching the underlying skills and concepts to asking students to apply them in passage-based, discursive and unseen tasks. Regular ‘Check your progress’ features help your classes to measure their progress, while annotated responses show them how to improve.Support all learners with clear differentiation. Introductory chapters build learners’ confidence, the main chapters offer greater depth, while extension lessons help all students reach their full potential.Practical for the classroom: the book is clearly organised into lessons and packed with activity. Each two- or four-page section in our Student Book is supported by a double-page lesson plan in the Teacher Guide.Engage students with rich, varied, text extracts from a variety of periods and cultures. Texts representing the different genres in the syllabus allow students to compare writers’ choices and their effects.Flexible for teachers: the clear book structure and lesson headings allow teachers to dip in to find lessons to build into their own schemes of work.

Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: Cambridge International AS & A Level Literature in EnglishFirst teaching: September 2019 First examination: from 2021The Student’s Book introduces the key concepts and skills in the Cambridge International syllabus, with a focus on developing effective writing from the start, to give students a toolkit for responding to unseen texts and exploring the set texts in depth. Develops effective writing throughout with dedicated activities and exemplar student writing to model different ways of responding to texts.Structured to help students make progress: each unit offers a clear, step-by-step learning sequence, moving from exploration to supported analysis to independent writing, and building towards examination-style tasks at the end of each chapter.Supports and challenges all learners. The first chapter of the book introduces the fundamental skills and concepts for the course, building learners’ confidence and supporting the transition from upper secondary. The second part of the book shows students how to apply these skills to write about the three major forms (poetry, prose and drama) and to respond to unseen texts. Thinking more deeply sections revisit ideas at a higher level to challenge the most able students.Provides an anthology of international texts: fresh texts from a variety of periods and cultures have been chosen to allow students to explore different writers’ choices and their effects.Practical for the classroom: the book will be clearly organised into practical sequences of learning that can be used as lessons or series of lessons. The focus on activity and modelling offers an accessible format for classroom teaching.Supports teachers’ planning. The free online teacher resource available on Collins.co.uk provides editable medium-term plans summarising the coverage of each chapter.

Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: Cambridge International AS & A Level DramaFor examination from 2021 (AS Level), 2022 (AS and A Level)The Student’s Book is structured to build skills and knowledge in a clear sequence, and to help students to apply their skills. With in-depth coverage of the syllabus topics and a stimulating range of international play script extracts, this is the ideal resource for advanced level drama study.• Offers a clear route through the syllabus, helping teachers to plan for the first years of teaching and find material for each Component of the course.• Fosters a creative, experiential approach with practical activities in every unit and suggestions of how to experiment with imaginative approaches to individual tasks.• Introduces the excitement of World Theatre: a chapter on World Theatre traditions and practitioners enables students to draw on this knowledge in their own practice throughout the course and opens avenues for further exploration.• Helps students to acquire a vocabulary of performing arts terms with Key terms boxes throughout and a collated Glossary of key terms.• Supports successful writing with clear modelling of the planning, structuring and writing process, and sample writing at different levels.• Provides an exciting range of high quality, international play script extracts for students to perform individually and in groups.• Contextualises plays for international students – Key context boxes introduce texts and their social, historical and cultural contexts, while Vocabulary boxes explain any culturally specific vocabulary or references.• Differentiated to support all learners with Thinking more deeply sections in each chapter to stretch those who require a challenge, and a clear, accessible writing style to assist international learners.• Written by experienced A Level drama teachers, whose expertise includes technical and production skills as well as devising, performing and writing.• Supports teachers through the free, editable scheme of work available on www.collins.co.uk/cambridge-international-downloads.This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.

Prepare for the Cambridge IGCSE Drama 2022 syllabus with an approach that helps to create a varied, stimulating and enjoyable learning environment that enables students of different confidence and ability levels to flourish.Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationFirst teaching: 2020 First examination: 2022 Be ready to teach the Cambridge IGCSE Drama syllabus with the second edition of this popular series.Have full confidence in the content and approach of the series which is written by a team of highly experienced authors, who have over 20 years of teaching experience.Enable students to learn a range of skills, such as how to build their self-awareness and how to reflect on their performance. This will build their knowledge and self-confidence, which extends beyond the course itself and helps equip them for life.Know that the series has an international feel in terms of both language used within the text, and plays, scenarios and contexts selected.Make use of the excellent supporting components of the series which include a range of exciting and engaging scripts from real plays, role plays for warm ups, examples of stimuli for devised pieces, and still images from productions which show key elements from performances.Help students monitor their learning using the ‘Learning Log’ and ‘Check your progress’ features, where students review, record and evaluate their work.The second edition includes a new focus on extending the repertoire, including site-specific and immersive theatre, as well as extra support for writing about texts in performance.This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available.Which insects eat tarantulas? What are killer bees? Which ants have the most painful sting? Find out the answers to these questions and much, much more in this book all about the world’s biggest, nastiest, scariest insects.Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.Text type: An information bookIdeas for guided reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available.The amazing auroras – sometimes known as the northern orsouthern lights – are lights which appear in the sky at certain times. Find out where you can see them and what causes this phenomenal natural light show.Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.Text type – An information book.Curriculum Links – Science

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.Have you heard about deadly ‘firenadoes’? If not, this book will tell you all about them and how wildfires start, the terrible damage they can do, and what you can do to help prevent them.Topaz/ Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.

Collins Cambridge IGCSE™ English as a Second Language Third Edition has been fully updated to support the revised Cambridge IGCSE™ and IGCSE (9-1) English as a Second Language syllabuses (0510/0511/0991/0993) for examination from 2024Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationFor examination from 2024 Written and edited by experienced English as a Second Language authors and examinersProvides learner support for the Cambridge IGCSE™ and IGCSE (9-1) English as a Second Language syllabuses (0510/0511/0991/0993) for examination from 2024Coverage of each of the four skills of listening, reading, speaking and writingSupportive write-in resource for use in the classroom, as homework, or for self-studyEngaging content to practise and consolidate language skills, grammar and vocabularyThe third edition includes a new section on synonyms to consolidate and expand vocabulary and a new section with speaking skills adviceThis resource is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to provide learner support for the syllabus for examination from 2024.

Collins Cambridge IGCSE™ English as a Second Language Third Edition has been fully updated to support the revised Cambridge IGCSE™ and IGCSE (9-1) English as a Second Language syllabuses (0510/0511/0991/0993) for examination from 2024Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationFor examination from 2024Written and edited by experienced English as a Second Language authors and examinersProvides learner support for the Cambridge IGCSE™ and IGCSE (9-1) English as a Second Language syllabuses (0510/0511/0991/0993) for examination from 2024Coverage of each of the four skills of listening, reading, speaking and writingSupportive write-in resource for use in the classroom, as homework, or for self-studyEngaging content to practise and consolidate language skills, grammar and vocabularyThe third edition includes a new section on synonyms to consolidate and expand vocabulary and a new section with speaking skills adviceThis resource is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to provide learner support for the syllabus for examination from 2024.

One photocopiable and editable teacher pack to facilitate and deliver catch-up in KS3 writing A high impact, low effort approach to teaching writing based on the ‘Couch to 5k’ concept Close the writing gap, improve writing skills and rebuild writing stamina in Years 7, 8 and 9 with over 100 supportive and structured activities that can be easily slotted into your timetable.· Builds resilience and secures skills for extended writing ready for GCSE 9-1 English as activities develop in demand, length, and content· Gives you everything you need in a catch-up programme for KS3 writing with ready-made activities, worksheets and videos modelling skills· Supports progress with perfectly pitched and purposeful activities that foster a sense of achievement and help with writing knowledge and motivation· Easy to weave into a writing curriculum, existing schemes of work, intervention, catch up or tuition sessions with the flexible and supportive approach· Provides extensive, deliberate practice to build towards fluency in writing· Saves time with expertly planned and sequenced intervention sessions and resources

The Collins Cambridge IGCSE™ Global Perspectives series offers a skills-building approach to the Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Global Perspectives syllabuses (0457/2069) for examination from 2025. The resources support learners to develop skills and prepare for assessment, exploring global issues through international texts, data and case studies.This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education for the Cambridge IGCSE™ and O Level Global Perspectives syllabuses (0457/2069) for examination from 2025. This book provides full coverage of the syllabus.Communicate the excitement of Global Perspectives with the collaborative project in Section 1. Students to jump straight into researching an issue and coming up with practical suggestions for how they can improve wellbeing in their school.Take an active, enquiry-based and reiterative approach to skills development. Each investigation in Section 2 asks students to engage with a different global issue and builds skills through a carefully structured activity sequence that leads to a final task and opportunity for reflection. These skills will be extended and applied in Sections 3, 4 and 5.Support students to respond effectively to given sources. Section 3 asks students to analyse, evaluate and respond to two sets of sources, to help students prepare for written examinations.Help students to tackle independent projects with confidence. In Section 4 learners undertake a mini research project to help them understand how to plan, structure and write an individual report, while Section 5 guides students through the process of planning, carrying out and reflecting on a team project.Show students how to progress: throughout the book, models and annotated examples help students understand how their own work can be improved.Encourage reflection through the structured Reflective plenary prompts in each unit and the Check your progress and Next steps features at the end of each section.The clear lesson-by-lesson approach is easy to use and build into teachers’ own schemes of work.The Collins resources offer different entry points, whether your students are new to Global Perspectives or have studied the subject before, and whether they are completing the course in one year or two.

Collins Cambridge International AS & A Level Global Perspectives and Research is a highly supportive and user-friendly resource to support the learning and teaching of the Cambridge International AS & A Level Global Perspectives & Research syllabus (9239). It comprises a Student’s Book, Workbook and a Teacher’s Guide.This highly practical Workbook is designed for students to use for practice, note-taking and reflection as they work their way through the course. As well as offering useful practice exercises which link to the Student’s Book, it also helps them to keep track of their progress, and to record their journey in a journal-style format. This allows them to develop a personal working portfolio, assists them in planning and timekeeping, and encourages self-reflection.We are working with Cambridge Assessment International Education towards endorsement of this title to support the full syllabus for examination from 2023.

The Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives series offers a skills-building approach to the Cambridge curriculum framework (1129) from 2022. The resources support students to develop skills in analysis, collaboration, communication, evaluation, reflection and research, exploring global issues through rich international sources.This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education for the Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives curriculum framework (1129) from 2022. This book provides full coverage of the Stage 8 Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives curriculum framework.Focused on improving skills: each chapter revisits the objectives from Stage 7, extending and deepening these skills through a structured sequence of active learning towards a collaborative final task.Empower students to engage with a range of contemporary issues and perspectives. In Stage 8 these relate to the syllabus topics, ‘Environment, pollution and conservation’, ‘Climate change, energy and resources’, ‘Development, trade and aid’, ‘Migration’, ‘Change in cultures and communities’, ‘Digital world’ and ‘Law and criminality’.Help students to assess their progress and understand how to improve: the final chapter asks students to apply the skills they have learned across Stage 8, by drafting a model UN resolution, taking part in a model UN debate and reflecting in writing on what they have learned.Encourage reflection through structured Reflection points in each lesson and a self-assessment Check your progress feature at the end of each chapter.The clear lesson-by-lesson approach allows teachers to easily use the resources in the classroom and build them into their own schemes of work.The Collins resources can be used as preparation for the Challenges, if schools wish, as each chapter in the Student’s Book links to the skills and topic focus of a Stage 8 Challenge.

The Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives series offers a skills-building approach to the Cambridge curriculum framework (1129) from 2022. The resources support students to develop skills in analysis, collaboration, communication, evaluation, reflection and research, exploring global issues through rich international sources.This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education for the Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives curriculum framework (1129) from 2022. This book provides full coverage of the Stage 9 Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives curriculum framework.Focused on improving skills: each chapter focuses on a combination of skill strands, building these skills through active learning towards a collaborative final task. In Stage 9, there is a particular focus on constructing effective arguments in writing in preparation for the Checkpoint assessment.Empower students to engage with a range of contemporary issues and perspectives. In Stage 9 these relate to the syllabus topics, ‘Poverty and inequality’, ‘Media and communication’, ‘Travel, transport and tourism’ and ‘Sport and recreation’.Help students to assess their progress and understand how to improve: the final chapters ask students to apply the skills they have learned across Stage 9, by planning and writing a research report and reflecting on what they have learned from the course.Encourage reflection through structured Reflection points in each lesson and a self-assessment Check your progress feature at the end of each chapter.The clear lesson-by-lesson approach allows teachers to easily use the resources in the classroom and build them into their own schemes of work.The Collins resources can be used as preparation for the Challenges, if schools wish, as some of the chapters in the Student’s Book links to the skills and topic focus of a Stage 9 Challenge.

The Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives series offers a skills-building approach to the Cambridge curriculum framework (1129) from 2022. The comprehensive and practical teacher support includes lesson plans, worksheets and answers for every unit of the Student’s Book, and a scheme of work to help you plan your course.This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education for the Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives curriculum framework (1129) from 2022. Plan for progression with a full scheme of work for each stage. Chapter overviews show which skill strands, learning objectives, issues and key terms are covered in each lesson, while the Curriculum Framework coverage map shows where topics, learning objectives and challenges have been supported.Feel confident teaching Global Perspectives with ready-made lesson plans, worksheets and an activity bank full of active learning teaching ideas.Detailed lesson plans share best practice, whether you are teaching Lower Secondary Global Perspectives for the first time or are an experienced teacher of the subject.Understand how to assess students’ participation and progress with the Assessment for learning guidance and the differentiated Success criteria in each lesson plan. Additional guidance on preparing students effectively for the Checkpoint assessment is provided in Chapter 5.The clear lesson-by-lesson approach allows you to use the resources with ease in the classroom and to build them into your own schemes of work.The Extra support and Extra challenge differentiation points in each lesson plan suggest how all learners can be supported to make progress, and worksheets scaffold and extend the Student’s Book activities.Personalise the course and adapt the resources to the needs of your classes with the editable Word and PDF files that can be downloaded from the Collins website:www.collins.co.uk/cambridge-international-downloads

Boost confidence, consolidate understanding, and measure progress in Cambridge Lower Secondary English, with this Stage 7 progress book.· Strengthen your coverage of the Cambridge Lower Secondary curriculum framework, with this Stage 7 progress book, in a write-in Student’s Book format.· Secure skills and knowledge with extra practice tasks to support each chapter of the Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English course.· Six structured in-class tests allow learners to apply what they have learned and assist teachers with formative assessment throughout the stage, helping pinpoint where extra support may be needed.· Two end-of-year assessments provide a summative assessment opportunity and help learners prepare for internal school assessments or Checkpoint.· Self-assessment opportunities after each test and assessment allow learners to reflect on their understanding and identify areas for improvement.The Progress Book has not been through the endorsement process for the Cambridge Pathway.

Boost confidence, consolidate understanding, and measure progress in Cambridge Lower Secondary English, with this Stage 8 progress book.· Strengthen your coverage of the Cambridge Lower Secondary curriculum framework, with this Stage 8 progress book, in a write-in Student’s Book format.· Secure skills and knowledge with extra practice tasks to support each chapter of the Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English course.· Six structured in-class tests allow learners to apply what they have learned and assist teachers with formative assessment throughout the stage, helping pinpoint where extra support may be needed.· Two end-of-year assessments provide a summative assessment opportunity and help learners prepare for internal school assessments or Checkpoint.· Self-assessment opportunities after each test and assessment allow learners to reflect on their understanding and identify areas for improvement.The Progress Book has not been through the endorsement process for the Cambridge Pathway.

Boost confidence, consolidate understanding, and measure progress in Cambridge Lower Secondary English, with this Stage 9 progress book.· Strengthen your coverage of the Cambridge Lower Secondary curriculum framework, with this Stage 9 progress book, in a write-in Student’s Book format.· Secure skills and knowledge with extra practice tasks to support each chapter of the Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English course.· Six structured in-class tests allow learners to apply what they have learned and assist teachers with formative assessment throughout the stage, helping pinpoint where extra support may be needed.· Two end-of-year assessments provide a summative assessment opportunity and help learners prepare for internal school assessments or Checkpoint.· Self-assessment opportunities after each test and assessment allow learners to reflect on their understanding and identify areas for improvement.The Progress Book has not been through the endorsement process for the Cambridge Pathway.

The fourth edition of the Collins Cambridge IGCSE English Student''s Book covers in depth every skill and topic in the Cambridge IGCSE and IGCSE (9–1) First Language English syllabuses (0500/0990), showing students how to make progress.This Student''s Book supports the syllabuses for examination from 2027.Exam Board: Cambridge International EducationLevel & Subject: Cambridge IGCSE First Language English (0500) and IGCSE (9–1) First Language English (0990)For examination from 2027We are working towards endorsement of this series for the Cambridge Pathway to support the syllabus (0500/0990) for examination from 2027.Revised and updated to support the 2027 syllabuses.Show students how to progress with a clear structure that moves from building key reading, writing and technical skills to applying these skills to a range of question types and tasks.Engage students with rich and diverse text extracts from around the world, representing varied writing forms and purposes.Help students to make progress with regular ‘Check your progress’ checklists and annotated sample answers to exemplify best practice.Prepare students for success with practice questions at the end of each chapter and two complete practice papers at the end of the book. Detailed guidance and annotated sample answers in the Teacher''s Guide help you and your classes to make the most of the practice questions in the Student''s Book.Build confidence in speaking and listening with clear guidance, activities and exemplification of presentation and discussion tasks.Written and developed by a team of experienced Cambridge IGCSE English teachers from a range of regions.

Help your students develop the skills to succeed in Cambridge IGCSE™ Literature in English. The Student’s Book provides an ideal companion to the Cambridge IGCSE™ (9–1) and O Level Literature in English syllabuses (0475, 0992, 2010) for examination from 2028, giving students the tools to explore set texts and analyse unseen texts with confidence.This title is endorsed for the Cambridge Pathway to support the full Cambridge IGCSE™, IGCSE™ (9–1) and O Level Literature in English syllabuses (0475/0992/2010), for examination from 2028.This second edition has been updated to align with the revised syllabus and assessment, with a brand-new chapter on coursework. It includes a refreshed selection of poetry, fiction and drama from around the world. Progressive skills development: The first part of the book introduces the essential skills, concepts and terminology. The second part of the book shows students how to apply these skills to poetry, prose, drama, unseen texts and coursework tasks.Opportunities for growth: Regular ‘Check your progress’ features help students measure their progress, while annotated sample responses show them how to improve.Support and extension: Introductory chapters on key concepts and skills build learners’ confidence, while the main chapters offer greater depth on each form, with focused tasks to help all students reach their full potential.Practical for the classroom: the book is clearly organised into lessons and packed with activity. Each two- or four-page section in the Student’s Book is supported by a double-page lesson plan in the Teacher’s Guide.Engaging and varied texts: Appeal to students with a refreshed selection of rich, diverse text extracts from a variety of periods and cultures. Texts representing the different forms and genres in the syllabus allow students to compare writers’ choices and their effects.Flexible use: the clear book structure and lesson headings allow teachers to dip in to find lessons to build into their own schemes of work.Trusted authors: Crafted by an expert team with years of classroom experience, this resource delivers effective teaching strategies to drive student success.

The Collins International AS English General series provides an easy-to-use, international course that supports students in developing the key skills required for the Cambridge International AS Level English General Paper (8021) for examination from 2028.This resource is endorsed for the Cambridge Pathway to support the Cambridge International AS Level English General Paper syllabus (8021) for examination from 2028.The Student’s Book provides full coverage of the Cambridge International AS Level English General Paper syllabus (8021) and has been written and reviewed by a team of experienced international teachers.The Student’s Book provides a practical structure for teaching the course, with easy-to-navigate, well signposted sections, chapters and units. The chapter structure highlights the skills that need to be developed and shows how build them in manageable steps before helping students to apply them to different tasks. Provides equal support for developing essay writing and comprehension, through the clearly delineated chapter structure and the exemplification of both sets of skills.Contains regular annotated examples of successful writing and analysis, with peer-assessment activities to support students in evaluating and editing their own responses.Support for improving written communication is integrated throughout, to help students harness text cohesion, sentence structure and grammar to express their arguments more effectively.Delivers a truly international course, encouraging students to read widely on a range of contemporary, global themes to develop their curiosity and engage with new perspectives.Supports students with English as a second or additional language through the clear, accessible tasks and explanations, glossaries alongside relevant texts, and the language support features throughout each unit.The course consists of a Teacher’s Guide, Student’s Book and a digital subscription on Collins Hub. (The Teacher’s Guide and digital subscription have not gone through the endorsement process for the Cambridge Pathway).

Prepare for the Cambridge IGCSE Drama with an approach that helps to create a varied, stimulating and enjoyable learning environment that enables students of different confidence and ability levels to flourish.Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationFirst teaching: 2020 First examination: 2022• Be ready to teach the Cambridge IGCSE Drama syllabus with the second edition of this popular series.• Have full confidence in the content and approach of the series which is written by a team of highly experienced authors, who have over 20 years of teaching experience.• Enable students to learn a range of skills, such as how to build their self-awareness and how to reflect on their performance. This will build their knowledge and self-confidence, which extends beyond the course itself and helps equip them for life.• Know that the series has an international feel in terms of both language used within the text, and plays, scenarios and contexts selected.• Make use of the excellent supporting components of the series which include a range of exciting and engaging scripts from real plays, role plays for warm ups, examples of stimuli for devised pieces, and still images from productions which show key elements from performances.• Help students monitor their learning using the ‘Learning Log’ and ‘Check your progress’ features, where students review, record and evaluate their work.• The second edition includes a new focus on extending the repertoire, including site-specific and immersive theatre, as well as extra support for writing about texts in performance.This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.

Updated and fully aligned with the Cambridge International AS & A Level English Language 9093 syllabus for examination 2021. This coursebook helps students take an active approach to developing and applying the key reading and writing skills they need to succeed in their AS & A Level English Language course. In the first part of the book, for AS Level, students will learn to analyse and write different text types, from diaries and blogs to reviews, speeches and narratives. The second part supports A Level study, building on the skills students have learnt at AS level and applying them to four specialist areas of English: Language Change, Child Language Acquisition, English and the World, and Language and the Self.

Updated and fully aligned with the Cambridge International AS & A Level English Language 9093 syllabus for examination 2021. This coursebook helps students take an active approach to developing and applying the key reading and writing skills they need to succeed in their AS & A Level English Language course. In the first part of this digital edition, for AS Level, students will learn to analyse and write different text types, from diaries and blogs to reviews, speeches and narratives. The second part supports A Level study, building on the skills students have learnt at AS level and applying them to four specialist areas: Language Change, Child Language Acquisition, English and the World, and Language and the Self.

Introduce your learners to creative writing and writing for a purpose. They'll write an urban myth and a report of a school play, helping build their extended writing skills as they progress through the units. Each unit focuses on a different text type such as dialogue, reports or instructions. Model texts in each chapter show learners good examples of each writing type and specific activities help them practise grammar typical of the genre. Learners work individually and collaboratively, developing skills such as creative thinking, planning, drafting, peer evaluation and editing.