In a world of social media and technological intrusions, English skills (the ability to think and write clearly) are being eroded.
However, if you can put in some extra targeted and meaningful practice, you will not only stop the erosion but accelerate your English learning journey.
How to fast-track your English — both your written and thinking skills
- Working towards analytical depth of ideas and precision
- Our booklets help you extend your analytical vocabulary so that you can improve your written responses as a reflection of superior thinking skills.
- We’ll also ensure that all sentences are grammatically correct and wipe out sloppy grammatical errors that detract from the quality of your writing.
- (See An Australian Anthology: a snapshot of literary landscapes: regular tasks)
Your text response skills
To improve your analytical text response skills you need to minimise your summary-style explanations.
To do this you will need to reflect upon the author’s language and construction features.
You will need to weave quotes seamlessly throughout your discussion. You will also need to analyse the quotes and evidence and place them in a narrative context.
All the while – linking evidence, quotes, language features to the author’s key ideas. (Keep a “checklist” of the author’s message, views, values etc. so that you can gain maximum depth in your essays.)
Re evidence: often times, when you include evidence, you either state the obvious, over-elaborate or do not evaluate the links and the purpose.
