The Advantages of Revision Podcasts Do you use any revision podcasts? If you don’t, now is the perfect time to incorporate some into your studies. Research shows that podcasts aid deep learning: they reinforce existing knowledge while also helping you to make...
Becoming a More Conscious Reader and Writer Students of English are regularly presented with examples of ‘good’ if not ‘great’ writing and asked to show their understanding of it by analysing the language and structural techniques used. They are also asked to write...
This Continues from my first Article on comics, which can be found by clicking here. Early Newspaper Comics I soon found out that American comics started in the 1840s, even before my dad discovered them! But these tended to be stories in pictures and drawings in quite...
Planning An Essay Efficiently Teachers stress the importance of planning. Examiners stress the importance of planning. Everyone stresses the importance of planning. But how many of us actually have a plan about how to plan? We might jot down a few ideas, shove in a...
The old saying is quite true; there really is nothing like a good book! However, onscreen adaptations of these texts can sometimes come close. This is especially true when they’re well-made, with every frame a heartfelt homage to the source material from which it...
One of the many advantages of being brought up in mid-1950s Liverpool was that I always had access to what we always called ‘American Comics’. These wonderful technicoloured tales took me into a world a million light years away from the comic typically available for...
