Tuition Articles

1. Model Answer, History of Art AS

   I had a look at the mark scheme for AS Level art history, and compiled the following essay question and answer. Consider it like an advertisement for my services. Judge for yourselves.

   By Jessica King

   Article by a Tutor

2. Why isn’t my student improving?

   It can be the case occasionally that a student simply stops improving. This has happened with one of mine recently, a boy who had progressed leaps and bounds in the first few months of coming to me. It has been very sad to witness and especially now in the run up to exams when he has finally started to realise that he ought to have worked much harder for the last few months. So, what to do?

   By Blue Tutors

   Blue Tutors Article

3. My Student goes AWOL

   Yesterday I came home from the library especially to teach one of my students who had booked in for a 2 hour lesson now that his exam is fast approaching. As the appointed hour came and went I glanced down the road to see if he was on his way...he wasn’t.

   By Blue Tutors

   Blue Tutors Article

4. The past is a foreign country - you need a qualified tour guide

   Use of historical example, English Civil War, to illustrate the complexity of the relationship between State and People, and nobility and clergy, in this period of dramatic change.

   By Jessica King

   Article by a Tutor

5. Oral Exams - English Oral Exams - English

   I have this week taught my first lesson on an Oral examination in English. Being quite a practised public speaker I brought what I had been taught to bear and it seemed to work quite well.

   By Blue Tutors

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6. ATS School of Thought in Translation

   Translators are (not) traitors as said by many some would-be specialists.

   By Muhammad Taghian

   Article by a Tutor

7. Last Minute Tutor

   We are almost half way through April, with some students having exams in less then a month and we are still getting many requests on a daily basis for pre-exam tutoring.

   By Blue Tutors

   Blue Tutors Article

8. Ethical Tutoring

   Today I have been advising a tutor who has a problem student. Although this issue doesn’t come up often, it is frequent enough to merit an article. This student wishes her tutor to do all her reading for a particular subject and provide typed up notes with salient points, counter arguments etc - basically she wishes the tutor to do all her work for her.

   By Blue Tutors

   Blue Tutors Article

9. Arabic-English Specific Features

   Arabic is not a difficult language; it's systematic and governed by rules.

   By Muhammad Taghian

   Article by a Tutor

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