One of the biggest issues that plagued most budding young writers would be their disorganised thoughts. They would be everywhere…and I really mean EVERYWHERE. Their thoughts are often jumbled and disorganised. Many students, who have little confidence in their...
In 1824, Charles Caleb Colton made this famous quote “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”. What most people don’t know is that Oscar Wilde later made an extended quote which puts things in perspective for many people, “Imitation is the...
The Issues with Grammar How does one learn grammar? You know the drill. We spend the first six weeks of every school year drilling and re-drilling parts of speech, phrases, clauses, types of sentences, punctuation, usage …. before realising that the students...
by Alyssa Chen Recently, a few parents approached me if I am currently providing tuition in EL since I taught English in a secondary school for the past 7 years. Though I am not providing this service at the moment, I decided to start a series of posts to provide EL...
