Additional Exam Information for Students Sitting in Summer 2012
When entering for examinations it is very important that you as Private Candidates know exactly which exams you want to be entered for and that you are able to give the correct information to the Examinations Officer at the centre where you hope to sit. Knowing this information makes everything ...
Read Full Article... | 12 Jan 2012
IGCSE French/Spanish: 8: The Optional Oral Exam; how to improve your language fluency.
In blog 8 of our French and Spanish series an Oxford Open Learning tutor gives advice on preparing for language oral exams.
The oral or speaking exam is of course optional at IGCSE, but for many people integral to the reason ...
Read Full Article... | 14 Dec 2011
IGCSE French/Spanish: 7: How to dream in a foreign language; tips to increase your immersion.
IGCSE French/Spanish: 7: How to dream in a foreign language; tips to increase your immersion.
It is a common belief amongst linguists that once you actually have a dream in a foreign language you have achieved fluency, and as such is an ambition of many language students. What constitutes fluency is ...
Read Full Article... | 13 Dec 2011
Too little content in GCSE specifications?
A GCSE test set by Edexcel, one of Britain’s biggest exam boards, has so little content that its chief examiner cannot believe it was approved by the Government’s official regulators, a Daily Telegraph investigation (9 Dec 2011) has found.
Oxford Open Learning has been publishing courses directly linked to ...
Read Full Article... | 9 Dec 2011
Oxford Open Learning courses go online with Oxford Online Learning
Oxford Open Learning is now making distance learning even more accessible with its brand new online learning courses. With over 20 years experience in delivering highly successful distance learning courses in print to students world-wide, we are now delighted to launch the first of our online courses via our easy-to-use ...
Read Full Article... | 9 Dec 2011
IGCSE French/Spanish: 6: Making your writing more interesting; maximising exam performance.
IGCSE French/Spanish: 6: Making your writing more interesting; maximising exam performance.
A lot of what you are about to read may sound obvious, but students are under a huge amount of pressure in an exam, and it is therefore not surprising that even the most ‘obvious’ things often get forgotten. Key ...
Read Full Article... | 12 Dec 2011
Exam boards and their textbooks
The Daily Telegraph has reported today (8 Dec 2011) that two history examiners, Paul Evans and Paul Barnes, both of the WJEC, have been suspended following their investigation into alleged “corrupt practices” by exam boards.
Michael Gove, the education secretary, said the revelations made by the Telegraph "confirm that ...
Read Full Article... | 8 Dec 2011
NOW is the time to start thinking about booking summer exams!
NOW is the time to start thinking about booking summer exams!
Everyone gets a lot of post at Christmas and in the rush over the festive season it can be easy to overlook more mundane things. However, all Oxford Open Learning and Home Schooling students ...
Read Full Article... | 8 Dec 2011
IGCSE French/Spanish: 5: Word perfect; how to increase your levels of accuracy in writing.
In blog 5 of our French and Spanish blog, an Oxford Open Learning tutor gives advice on making your writing more accurate.
IGCSE French/Spanish: 5: Word perfect; how to increase your levels of accuracy in writing.
This is a tricky one, ...
Read Full Article... | 7 Dec 2011
English and Maths GCSE
The BBC have an article on how the young jobless need English and Maths GCSE. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-15863830
Cities in England with high youth unemployment must do more to raise young people's attainment in Maths and English, a report says. Research by ...
Read Full Article... | 2 Dec 2011