Module One

READING SKILLS (COMPREHENSION)

Introduction

This module is designed to prepare you for the IGCSE tasks that lie ahead by working on your reading skills and some aspects of your writing skills. It will look at the different types of reading that you will need during the course, and also focus on comprehension questions, which will feature in your first assignment. You will also work on writing different types of sentence and on improving your punctuation skills.

It will also help you, specifically, with questions 1(a)-(e) of paper 1, which asks you to select and identify specific information and explain what writers mean when they use certain words and phrases.

Topics

Topic One (1.1): Key Reading Skills

Topic Two (1.2): Comprehension Questions

Topic Three (1.3): Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar- Key Technical Skills