For many students in Australian schools, grammar is something that an early primary school teacher touched on, and then never returned to. You might remember that verbs are doing words, adjectives are describing words and nouns are things, places and names. But beyond that? Most students are largely unaware of grammar, and instead prefer to… Continue reading The Benefits and Importance of Learning About Grammar
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Informal Language: Understanding Phonology & Syntax
This is it, guys – school is now officially back from everyone and it’s now time to develop those GOOD habits throughout all of 2016. Part of these good habits includes thoroughly understanding terms and how they can be applied to texts at the CONCEPTUAL LEVEL. What do I mean by this? I mean not just… Continue reading Informal Language: Understanding Phonology & Syntax
How VCE Subject Scaling Actually Works
A common cause of confusion for students and parents alike is the VCE scaling system. Upon receiving subject study scores, a student with a raw 30 in Latin would be ecstatic about their scaled score of 46, while a Systems Engineering student picking up a raw 30 might be less thrilled about their scaled score… Continue reading How VCE Subject Scaling Actually Works
How to Write a Study Schedule
Study schedules are often at the top of most students’ to-do list at the beginning of the academic year, but much like New Year’s Resolutions, are soon tried and forgotten within a month. This is often because students are trying to do too much study, too fast, and not leaving enough room for all of… Continue reading How to Write a Study Schedule
Math Methods – Differentiation 2/5 – Product, Quotient Rules
If you studied part 1 of this course, you would be familiar with differentiating polynomials and trigonometric functions. You would also be aware of how important differentiation is for exam 1! (Approximately 25%!) Now for two fundamental rules: the Product Rule and the Quotient Rule. Product Rule Unlike for addition and subtraction where you can… Continue reading Math Methods – Differentiation 2/5 – Product, Quotient Rules
Practice Exams Won’t Help You Succeed in the Chemistry Exams
The title of this article might seem counterintuitive given what you have been told by your teachers, past students or tutors. However, one of the biggest misconception that students have when it comes to doing practice exams is that quantity trumps quality. That is not the case!! The purpose of practice exams is to not… Continue reading Practice Exams Won’t Help You Succeed in the Chemistry Exams
Recap of Year 12 VCE Chemistry: Part 2
This article will focus on the key concepts that will be covered in Unit 4 VCE Chemistry. Unit 4 is concerned mainly about industrial chemistry that is the industrial production of chemicals and the energy changes that accompanies chemical reactions. In this unit you will also look at the different sources of energy that are… Continue reading Recap of Year 12 VCE Chemistry: Part 2
What is SWOTVAC and how should you use it?
What is SWOTVAC? This blog focuses on what is the “SWOTVAC”, “swot vac” or “Swot-Vac” period which many of you will have heard about or are about to enter into. Swotvac means study without teaching vacation and is the period where you do not have not have any formal classes but rather have dedicated time to study.… Continue reading What is SWOTVAC and how should you use it?
Recap of Year 12 VCE Chemistry: Part 1
The VCE Chemistry Study Design contains all the information you need on what you should be studying for in Year 12 Chemistry. It is where the examiners go to prepare questions for the End of Year Exam and what your teachers will refer to when making SAC questions. It is a vital tool to have… Continue reading Recap of Year 12 VCE Chemistry: Part 1
Overview of How Identity can be Reflected Through Language
Hey guys, here is my second article for the month of August and my first article related to Unit 4 AOS 2, which is about individual and group identity. This article gives a very brief overview of some ways that identity can be reflected through language. As you would know, language is a major marker… Continue reading Overview of How Identity can be Reflected Through Language