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4 Ways to Help Your Student Keep to the Compo Word Count

27 August 2022

[Adobe Stock] Why do we have a word count limit in our English compositions? Usually, word counts level the playing field among students. It restricts...

5 Ways to Help Your Student Answer Essay Questions

23 August 2022

[iStock] What are essay questions? They are questions that require an answer in sentences and paragraphs. As tutors, many of us are familiar with such...

Are You Overwhelming Your Students During Lessons?

15 August 2022

[iStock] A common mistake many of us new tutors might make is overwhelming our students during lessons. When we overwhelm our students - either by...

Should We Encourage Students to Write Their Own Stories?

11 August 2022

[iStock] As tutors, we do what we can to help our students improve their writing, especially for English Paper one. So we research, try out...

5 Effective Lesson Activities for Teaching Students with ADHD

26 July 2022

[Pond5] As Special Education (SPED) tutors, we may find it challenging to teach students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). It affects our students’ ability...

5 Science Experiments You can Conduct During Your Tuition Session

18 July 2022

[iStock] As tutors, it is important to make our lessons engaging and fruitful for our students. This is especially so for O level Sciences because...