Class details

Who?
Students aged around 14-years-old: the course is designed to be equivalent to Grade 8, and to help students who wish to write IG in two years’ time (2027).

What?
Our English Pre-IG course is designed to build a strong junior high foundation in all the critical areas which will later be developed through the IG syllabus: reading comprehension, writing style and composition. We use the Bob Jones University Press Writing & Grammar 8 textbook, which combines a thorough understanding of the various aspects of grammar with practice in essay writing. This approach enables students to “get behind the scenes” of their own and other writers’ sentences, and then to apply this knowledge in longer-form writing as they learn how write a variety of text-types, including argumentative, persuasive, narrative and other essays. 

A literature component allows students to explore four different setwork texts over the course of the year. These texts are designed to help students apply what they are learning about writing in understanding how different writers use different tools to create differing styles and to explore different issues. The four books are chosen to expose the students to a variety of genres, styles and time periods.

Weekly classes include:

• Feedback on weekly homework
• Discussion of new material

Students will also submit five assignments for detailed written feedback over the course of the year.

Tutor
The tutor for these classes is Chiara Button.

 Register

Who?
Students aged around 16; this course is designed for students who wish to write IG in October/November 2025, and is appropriate even if a student has not completed the first year IG course through Imago Education.

What?
In the second year IG English course we build on the foundations of the first year course, preparing students to write their final exam with confidence. The coursework has been designed to cover all the objectives of the IG syllabus in both reading and writing. This includes extensive comprehension work, as well as a focus on students’ own writing style. Students also explore the use of language for effect through a literature anthology which introduces and applies concepts of language use critical for both the reading and the writing paper in IG. Past paper revision is built into the course throughout the year. 

Weekly classes include:

• Feedback on weekly homework
• Discussion of new material

There will be a minimum of seven past paper practice sets prescribed through the course of the year, which students will submit for detailed feedback.

Tutor
The tutor for these classes is Chiara Button.

 Register

Who?
The second-year AS English class is aimed at students who wish to write AS English in October/November 2025. This course is designed to go through the AS syllabus content thoroughly in one year, and is thus appropriate both for students who completed the first year AS course through Imago in 2024 and for new students who have not done the first year course but wish to write AS at the end of 2025.

What?
This course is designed to help students gain a refined appreciation for language through a rigorous engagement with the syllabus content. Through the coursebook, students are given detailed and practical instruction on how texts are created and how they can be analysed in an exam-style essay. The coursebook has also been created with a reading anthology built in, so that over the year students are exposed to a diverse variety of the different text types listed in the AS syllabus, and can apply their analytical skills to these text types through the designated exercises. Writing exercises have also been designed around the text types required by the AS syllabus, ensuring students both learn the conventions of each text type and have the opportunity to begin developing their own voice and style. Past paper practice is incorporated through the coursework so that students can build their confidence in answering exam-style questions from the beginning of the year.

Weekly classes include:

• Feedback on weekly homework
• Discussion of new material

There will be a minimum of seven past paper practices incorporated into the coursework throughout the year, which students will submit for detailed feedback.

Tutor
The tutor for this course is Chiara Button.

 Register

Who?
Students who wish to gain an A Level English qualification in October/November 2025. Please note that according to the rules of the Cambridge examination board, students who wish to write A Level English in October/November 2025 must have completed AS Level English no earlier than October/November 2024. Students may complete AS English in May/June 2025 or write all four papers of the AS and A Level syllabus in October/November 2025.

What?
The A Level English course is an exciting course for any student who wishes to explore more deeply the ideas of what language is and how it functions in the world. Whereas the AS English syllabus focuses on understanding the way individual writers use language in different text types, the A Level syllabus moves to exploring the theoretical ideas behind language as a functional tool of a human being's personal and social development. To do this, the course focuses on four key linguistic issues:

• Language change: students explore how English has changed in terms of spelling, vocabulary, grammar and language use between 1600 and the present day, as well as engaging with the most influential theories on how and why languages change over time.
• Child language acquisition: this section introduces students to the basic process by which children acquire language between babyhood and 7 years; students then examine some of the leading theoretical explanations for how this process works.
• English in the world: in this topic, the issues surrounding the globalisation of English are discussed, and students become familiar with the effects of this globalisation of English both on the English language and on other languages.
• Language and the self: here, students explore the relationship between language and personal and social identity, as well as learning about different linguistic theories regarding the relationship between language and thought.

In the final assessment, students apply the theoretical knowledge they have acquired over the course of the year to specific scenarios provided in the exam.

To prepare students for this assessment, weekly classes will focus on giving teaching on the different topics, as well as providing feedback on homework assignments. Weekly homework will involve guided study in the specified topics, as well as written discussion of various key issues within the topics and essay preparation for the exam.

Tutor
The tutor for this course is Chiara Button.

 Register

Who
This course is for students who have completed the AS syllabus and wish to write their AS exams in May/June 2025. Please note that students wishing to enroll for this course should have completed the entire AS syllabus and also have written several past papers. Students who have not done any AS work previously are recommended rather to enroll for the AS Year 2 course, writing in October/November 2025.
What?
This course is designed to help students who have a general grasp of the AS syllabus refine their understanding of the assessment objectives required in the exam, and to provide detailed guidance on how to approach the AS essays and exam papers. Revision work will focus on making sure students understand the best approaches to the questions and how the elements of a text are related to one another. Detailed feedback will be given on past paper practice in order to help students understand how and why to improve their work and achieve their utmost potential in the exam.

Tutor
The tutor for this course is Chiara Button.

 Register