BGS English Revision Podcast

By The BGS English Department

A Bristol Grammar School revision podcast designed to help you revise for the CIE English Literature IGCSE and the Edexcel Language IGCSE.... more

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The podcast currently has 87 episodes available.

BGS English Revision Podcast episodes:

April 15, 2024 Literature Paper 3 - Bonus Bites - Iago as the devil in 'Othello'
In our Bonus Bites episodes, we explore a single theme, idea, or motif in a short lecture. These are not exemplar essays. Rather, you should think of them as ideas you could transplant into different essays that you write—especially if you are tackling the whole text question.Don't forget to download the handout here.The following lecture is an excerpt from Alexander G. Gonzalez’s essay ‘The Infection and Spread of Evil: Some Major Patterns of Imagery and Language in Othello (1985). I will re...
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7min
April 15, 2024 Literature Paper 3 - Bonus Bites - The motif of infection in 'Othello'
In our Bonus Bites episodes, we explore a single theme, idea, or motif in a short lecture. These are not exemplar essays. Rather, you should think of them as ideas you could transplant into different essays that you write—especially if you are tackling the whole text question. Don't forget to download the handout here.The following lecture is an excerpt from Alexander G. Gonzalez’s essay ‘The Infection and Spread of Evil: Some Major Patterns of Imagery and Language in Othello (1985). I will r...
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9min
April 15, 2024 Literature Paper 3 - Bonus Bites - Religious language and imagery in 'Othello'
In our Bonus Bites episodes, we explore a single theme, idea, or motif in a short lecture. These are not exemplar essays. Rather, you should think of them as ideas you could transplant into different essays that you write—especially if you are tackling the whole text question.Don't forget to download the handout here.The following lecture is an excerpt from Alexander G. Gonzalez’s essay ‘The Infection and Spread of Evil: Some Major Patterns of Imagery and Language in Othello (1985). I will re...
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12min
April 15, 2024 Literature Paper 3 - Bonus Bites - The motif of light and dark in 'Othello'
In our Bonus Bites episodes, we explore a single theme, idea, or motif in a short lecture. These are not exemplar essays. Rather, you should think of them as ideas you could transplant into different essays that you write—especially if you are tackling the whole text question.Don't forget to download the handout here.The following lecture is an excerpt from Alexander G. Gonzalez’s essay ‘The Infection and Spread of Evil: Some Major Patterns of Imagery and Language in Othello (1985). I will re...
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11min
April 15, 2024 Literature Paper 1 - Prose - Purple Hibiscus - Father Amadi
Two of our Year 11 students, Amelie and Evie, present a podcast on the presentation of Father Amadi. Don't forget to download the handout here. This is a great way to revise. Why don't you take a past question on the novel and write your own essay plan along the same lines? You could even record a podcast with a friend if you wanted. Here are a few questions you could try: PH - Ending.docx; PH- Papa's-Death-Phone-Call.docx; PH - The-Painting.docx; PH - Tense-and-Shocking-Moment...
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17min
March 12, 2024 Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'Snowdrop'
Ms Yemenakis and Ms Yemenakis discuss 'Snowdrop'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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20min
March 12, 2024 Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'Football at Slack'
Mr Forster and Ms Yemenakis talk about 'Football at Slack'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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23min
February 06, 2024 Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'The Other'
Mr Evans and Mr Forster talk about the presentation of relationships in 'The Other'. Download the handout here and do check out this documentary if you want to find out more about Hughes's relationships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGsNXUXIiRo
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22min
January 30, 2024 Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'Relic'
Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster discuss the brutality of the natural world in 'Relic'. Don't forget to download the podcast here.
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25min
July 06, 2023 Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'A Memory'
In this episode Ms Yemenakis talks with two of our Sixth Form English scholars, Evie and Nat, about 'A Memory'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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23min

FAQs about BGS English Revision Podcast:

How many episodes does BGS English Revision Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 87 episodes available.