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Cambridge IGCSE FLE 0500 SPEECH WRITING TECHNIQUES

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Introduction: Without wasting time today, I am diving straight into today's lesson  which is quite crucial for FLE learners. In my last posts, I tried covering numerous mnemonics and acronyms such as GAPSS and ISHAMPOO for Directed Writing Questions such as journals, interviews and reports. If you are wondering what mnemonics are, well they are memory enhancers or memory devices and tools, that aid with learning educational concepts.  Mnemonics: I will give a quick example here, say suppose the speech elements are chatty, conversational, engaging, interesting, personal, persuasive and illustrative. I can write or input these words in this mnemonic generator here: https://www.mnemonicgenerator.com/ or go to Google search engine and just put mnemonic generator. You will get numerous websites and apps to use. Next, put these words that you want to generate a mnemonic for. So, when I put the string of words such as chatty, conversational, engaging, interesting, personal, persuasive and
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Cambridge IGCSE English 0500 Speech Writing Techniques

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 Oh My God! In case you're wondering why I am missing God with an exclamation, let me clear that. I am writing this after so long that I am extending my apologies to anyone who has been waiting for my blogs or any updates.  Apologies for the extended delayed post...!!!! I have been procrastinating stuff and writing due to some health issues, but I am back with regular blog updates now for all my IGCSE FLE exam takers! It's almost Christmas now:) and it is starting to get cosier and comfier! cuppas of hot chocolate there it's the season of cute jumpers! Oh No! I am digressing again. sorry. I was just trying to use plenty of alliteration to teach you persuasive devices. There is loads of repetition of the sound of 'c' in what I write right before. Yes, you got that. Let's get straight to the point. I am writing this to share my knowledge of Speech Writing, one of the most popular forms of directed writing for both Paper 1 Reading and Paper 2 Writing.  Speeches are
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Cambridge IGCSE 0500 Reading Paper 1 GAPS

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 Hey All😁 The festive season in India was in full bloom (Diwali was lush by the way) and hence the delay in posts and updates.  Well, the festive season is here again. It has started to feel a lot more Christmassy!  And Boom! Christmas was a hit too. Enjoyed it! Hope yours was great too.  My Apologies for skipping and delaying the blog post. But it has been a hectic year, trust me.  However, I am back at it, since we are nearing exams for the February/March assessment, I would like to take you through an important concept/topic for IGCSE FLE, which would allow you to win half the battle for Directed Writing.  I will spill the beans soon but before anything else, I am sharing a quick poster, or rather say, a summary of today's lesson that will help you massively. You could download it or email me (jyotisngh30@gmail.com) to send it to you, whatever is convenient.  Here you go:  By the way, the above can be used for both Paper 1 and Paper 2 IGCSE First Language English.   I will expl
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Cambridge IGCSE First Language English 0500 Journals Techniques Paper 1 Reading

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 Hi Students, Teachers, tutors, and anyone reading this.  How is Autumn treating you? I am sure it's a beautiful transition from the scorching 2021 summers. I am back with Paper 1 Reading First Language English 0500 and today shall be going over some extremely useful sentence starters to bag that A* on your IGCSE exam.  I will be focusing on journals again in this blog post as I have been seeing a recurring pattern of journals in past paper questions, hence thought of uploading some more notes for Journals. There are already some tips/techniques for journals in my previous posts and a past paper answer too. Please feel free to go over them as well.   Please use the following sentence structures, tips and vocabulary for a journal entry: As a journal writer for IGCSE, please take care of the following: 1. It has to be chronological and in the order of events happening in the passage of the reading insert. The content points have to be taken in the order of happenings in the insert to
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Cambridge IGCSE First Language English 0500 Newspaper Report Writing: Usage of Idioms/Phrases

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  Hey Again! Apologies for being away for a while. Haven't been quite well on the health front.  But slowly getting back on track as it's exam time and I don't wish to slack any further.  I am back with another post on News Reports for Cambridge IGCSE 0500 First Language English. It's time to burn the midnight oil as IGCSE FLE 0500 exams are nearing.  Students must beat the clock and not leave exam preparation at the eleventh hour . To make those exams a walk in the park , you must make headway to be successful during exams. So, pull your socks up to get an A* on Cambridge IGCSE FLE 0500, and do not turn a blind eye to newspaper idioms as they might be able to offer a helping hand to you in your report writing.  Hahaha! Do not start scratching your head . I mean not literally. I will explain  below the meanings of the idioms and phrases highlighted in bold above: 1. Burn the midnight oil: Work very hard towards something 2. Beat the clock: Perform a task or activit
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