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Blog 3 in our French and Spanish blog series looks at ways to improve your listening skills. IGCSE French and Spanish: 3: How to tune your ear; improving your listening skills. For many students listening skills are the hardest part of learning a language, but this is nothing that can’t be rectified with regular practice. […]

In the second in our blog series on language learning, an Oxford Home Schooling tutor gives advice on ways to learn French and Spanish verbs. Conquering conjugation; how to learn verbs and tenses properly. Verbs can be the bane of every language student’s life, but unfortunately are an essential part of speaking and writing accurately. […]

In the first in a new series of language blogs, one of Oxford Open Learning’s tutors gives advice on learning French and Spanish vocab. IGCSE French and Spanish: 1: How do I learn all that vocab? If you are currently studying towards an IGCSE in French or Spanish, it won’t have escaped your notice that […]

What are the specification changes? Earlier this year, Edexcel announced small changes to the Edexcel IGCSE English Language A specification. These changes are for teaching from September 2011, and will be assessed for the first time in June 2012 examinations.  The changes affect the mark scheme for the exam, and also include a new digital […]

What are the specification changes? Earlier this year, Edexcel announced changes to the Edexcel IGCSE English Literature specification. These changes are for teaching from September 2012, and will be assessed for the first time in June 2012 examinations. When you have accessed Edexcel IGCSe English Literature page via the link above, click on the links […]

Oxford Open Learning’s sister company, Oxford Home Schooling, is delighted to announce the release of its brand new Key Stage Three Science course for home educated students.   Whereas Oxford Open Learning provides tutor-supported distance learning courses for adults, Oxford Home Schooling provides tutor-supported courses for home educated students who are under 18.  Our Oxford Home […]

The Riots – Can Direct Action Ever Be A Good Thing? Direct Action from a Sociological Point of View In the last few blogs, we have talked about the riots from a sociological (and psychological) point of view. Direct action is a form of political activity that takes place outside the normal political processes. Direct […]

As you may well be aware, the government has published details of a number of proposed changes to the GCSE system and invited us, through OfQual,  to express our views. Although our views will inevitably be ignored once again, it is important to try to tell the truth about the consequences of the proposals. While […]

Oxford Open Learning is delighted to announce the release of its brand new IGCSE Physics distance learning course. Together with a more competitive employment market, the recent introduction of the English Baccalaureate (or e bacc), which requires students to achieve 5 passes in the ‘core’ subjects of English, Maths, Science, History, Geography and Modern Foreign […]

Here is another in our series of blogs on the biology of food. This blog looks at the major food groups found in a curry. This blog will be useful for those studying IGCSE Biology, Human Biology or Science, and GCSE Biology or Science. Curry Curry (digestion) comes under the following specification sections: Edexcel IGCSE […]