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Winner of the Best Educational Title at the Singapore Book Awards 2024, Inspire equips younger Secondary-level students (ages 12+) with the skills to excel in their English national examinations while deepening their ability to think critically.
Developed by a team of experienced former educators led by a former MOE-trained English Head of Department, each issue weaves together model essays, exam-aligned practice questions, and real-world themes so that exam readiness is achieved through meaningful context-rich learning.
Learning Outcomes for Students
With each issue, students will:
✓ Learn from model essays written by experienced teacher-writers✓ Master multiple writing styles: argumentative, descriptive, expository, reflective/personal response, hybrid, personal recount, and situational writing
✓ Strengthen reading comprehension, listening comprehension and oral skills through scaffolded activities
✓ Build critical thinking and contextual understanding via themes and sub-themes that link real-world issues to exam topics
✓ Gain exam confidence with structured practice activities that mirror national examinations (e.g., GCE O-Level English)
What’s Inside Each Issue
Aligned Key Literacy and Learning Skills
Inspire complements lower secondary-level English curricula, supporting exam readiness while developing higher-order thinking and cultural awareness. Each issue blends practice with real-world knowledge, ensuring students are prepared for examinations and for life beyond education:
- Structured writing across genres and purposes
- Advanced comprehension strategies
- Listening comprehension and oral practice
- Exploration of current and global issues
- Reflective and analytical metacognitive queries within texts
- Scaffolded pre-reading and discussion activities
- Exposure to exam-style formats (e.g., O-Level)
- Model answers with teacher commentary
- Worksheets for writing, comprehension, listening, and oral practice
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Language & Literacy Skills
- Structured writing across genres and purposes
- Advanced comprehension strategies
- Listening comprehension and oral practice
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Critical Thinking & Inquiry
- Exploration of current and global issues
- Reflective and analytical metacognitive queries within texts
- Scaffolded pre-reading and discussion activities
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Exam Readiness
- Exposure to exam-style formats (e.g., O-Level)
- Model answers with teacher commentary
- Worksheets for writing, comprehension, listening, and oral practice
Every subscription comes with complimentary teaching support
- Elementary [Suitable for higher-ability Junior level (e.g. Primary 5 & 6) students]
- Intermediate [Suitable for younger Senior level (e.g. Secondary G2) students]
- Advanced [Suitable for older Senior level (e.g. Secondary G3) students]
✓ Writing tips curated by experienced teachers
✓ Audio resources for listening comprehension and oral practice
Take the Next Step
Help your students excel in their English examinations with an award-winning magazine that combines exam strategies, model essays, and real-world themes today.
At Inspire, we constantly ask ourselves how we can inspire our young Generation Z & Generation Alpha readers to choose the right reads. We explore themes and content that matter to them, opening up minds and hearts. The space for students, InspireModel and InspireTweak, comes with a detailed analysis of students’ essays and language notes.
We provide a boost to our exam-styled articles and worksheets, with deliberate scaffolding of key language skills over the issues for the year.
We will not waver from our promise of exam-style articles that cater to various international exam requirements and worksheets for every section of the GCE O-Level English examinations.
Shoba Nair,
Editor-In-Chief of Inspire Magazine
Former English Head of Department
