iCritic reaches out to the mature student, arousing one’s curiosity with its rich content, and shifting perspectives with its thought-provoking essay-articles. Every essay-article is preceded by a captivating visual stimulus, which not only activates students’ prior knowledge but also arms them with knowledge about current and pertinent issues in the local, regional and global environment. With a set of writing notes for each essay-article - in digital form - iCritic also guides students on strategies for providing insightful responses to essay questions they would encounter in the GCE A-level examinations. To further broaden students’ perspectives and boost engagement, the issues are peppered with relevant YouTube videos, infographics and stimulating metacognitive and critical thinking questions.
Written by a team of highly qualified trained teachers and led by a former English Head of Department, every issue has been written to help students increase their general knowledge, understand techniques of how to write a good essay, and apply their learnings in their general paper examination.