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sara ahsan

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does anyone have any study tips for the adv english course?!!! i got 13.5/20 for my last assessment and i studied most of all for that one!!!! i started private tutoring recently but it mainly just involves discussing the topics and i'm not sure if it's helping. are tutoring centres any better? i would be eternally grateful for any sort of help. cheers.
 
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ask your tutor to write up an awesome generic essay for you that you can memorise and prepare you for any questions english can throw at you! :D
 

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watatank said:
ask your tutor to write up an awesome generic essay for you that you can memorise and prepare you for any questions english can throw at you! :D
oh em gee! i failz engrish! i scored 67.5 (more like 69 :shy:) percent!

Calm down, learn from past mistakes (i.e. essay structure, answering the question, improving topic sentences, other trivial asides) and remember you're not failing english (yet).

Sorry quoted wrong chum.
 

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haha good point! :)
um i guess you could always practice writing essays and then get your teacher to give you some feedback as to what youre doing right, and what needs improvement
for english tutoring, i would fully recommend getting a private one instead of a tutoring college
 

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sara ahsan said:
does anyone have any study tips for the adv english course?!!! i got 13.5/20 for my last assessment and i studied most of all for that one!!!! i started private tutoring recently but it mainly just involves discussing the topics and i'm not sure if it's helping. are tutoring centres any better? i would be eternally grateful for any sort of help. cheers.
Stop complaining, I rely on myself and my English teacher (that's the reason why he/she is there) to improve.
 
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thanx guys i feel a bit calmer. i think the main problem is with the exam situation because i can write reltively well at home. do u think pepared responses are the answer because memorising seems to work for the other subjects.
 

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sara ahsan said:
thanx guys i feel a bit calmer. i think the main problem is with the exam situation because i can write reltively well at home. do u think pepared responses are the answer because memorising seems to work for the other subjects.
You haven't failed, till it's all over.
 

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Just keep doing practice essays so you know the structure. give them to your teacher to mark then do it once again if you get a bad mark before progressing to another question :)
 

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practice ur esays also time urself and create a exam situation in ur home so u can feel more comfortable wen doin da exam.......also get a private tutors dey help alot i have one n she helps me with work im doing in class......wen students go to a group different students do different things so try n find one that can sit with u and identify ur problems but also teach u to wat ur learnin in class
 

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:rofl: You'll pull through.
 

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Try to plan your essay structure out first for 5 minutes beforehand, just jot down the main points you're planning to raise and a little about what you'll write within that. It certainly helps to keep the flow of thoughts going rather than lurching straight into it.

Prepared essays....mmm a calculated risk, sometimes pays off, sometimes doesn't. Paid off for me =)
 

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