How to write the six text types for First Language English IGCSE

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This PowerPoint will teach students how to write the six text types that Cambridge could ask them to write for Paper 1, Question 3:

  • Journal
  • Letter
  • Newspaper report
  • Magazine article
  • Interview
  • Speech

The lesson have six full-length examples of each of these text types for students to unpack.

Accompanying video lesson and quiz

Free video lesson for First Language English IGCSE Cambridge 0500

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