Masterclass – IGCSE First Language English

550 GBP:

• Live lessons twice a week
• In-class verbal feedback
• Weekly written feedback on exam practices
• Free access to Premium Writing Course after payment

225 GBP:

• Live lessons twice a week
• In-class verbal feedback
• No marking on exam practices

100 GBP:

• Watch lesson recordings
• No marking on exam practices

• Building up your vocabulary
• Writing with accuracy and variety
• Identifying implicit and explicit information
• Paraphrasing and summarising
• Analysing the writer’s effect in their language choices
• Developing ideas for the Extended Response
• Writing with an accurate voice
• Creating a realistic audience
• Writing the six text types: article, report, journal, letter, speech and interview
• Creating effective and well-structured stories with climaxes that wow your reader
• Describing with detail, beauty and flair
• Evaluating ideas for directed writing

In short, all the exam questions on both Paper 1 and Paper 2

• Paper 1: short answer questions, summary writing, vocabulary questions, writer’s effect, extended response
• Paper 2: narrative writing, descriptive writing, directed writing

• Two live lessons with me per week, one hour each, hosted on Teams
• All live lessons will be recorded and shared after class in case you can’t attend or wish to review
• At least one video lesson per week to view in your own time
• One piece of marked exam practice per week to be completed in your own time (if you select 550 GBP option)
• Ability to ask questions to clarify any questions you may have

• I’m a fully-qualified English teacher in the UK, holding Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a PGCE from the University of Manchester, graded Outstanding
• I have a Master’s degree in Education, earning the top grade of Distinction
• Eleven years of teaching experience, working in the British state school and top international schools
• Experienced teacher of First Language English
• Seven years of working as an IGCSE and A Level English examiner
• Experienced tutor and online teacher
• Passionate about teaching, learning and helping students to enjoy the learning process
• Understanding of how to give targeted and meaningful feedback that drives student improvement

This masterclass is only for students. Adults — including parents and teachers — are not permitted to participate.

Parents are, however, welcome to be in the room (off-camera) if they wish to observe quietly.

All students will be asked to turn their cameras on at the start of the session so I can confirm that participants are high-school students.

No, this summer’s Masterclass will focus on the 2026 syllabus.

Students taking their exams in 2027 are still welcome to join, as the core skills covered will remain the same. However, please note that there will be some format changes starting in 2027.

Yes please! I do request cameras on because it creates a better classroom environment and helps me to see when students might not understand what’s going on.

Live lessons begin on February 23rd, so the first lesson recording will be available from about 5pm GMT on the 23rd.

You can’t view a recording of a lesson that hasn’t happened yet!

Sure!

Here’s a Question 3 marked for Masterclass: https://www.taughtly.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Sample-Q3.pdf

And here’s a narrative from Masterclass: https://www.taughtly.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Example-Marking-Narrative.pdf