NCEA English
Our expert tutors will boost your confidence, preparing you for your NCEA English exams and assessments.
Essays & Paragraphs
What will I learn with my expert tutor during our tutorials?
NCEA students will learn paragraph and essay structure with their expert tutor, including how to incorporate examples, evidence, and critical opinions. Our expert tutors provide various texts for practice.
Why is it important to learn how to write a structured paragraph?
NCEA students must master paragraph writing to show their ability to write essays, speeches, and personal responses. This is also needed to answer exam questions, making formal writing and paragraph structure a key focus in our NCEA lessons.
What if I already know how to write an NCEA paragraph?
If the NCEA student already knows how to write sound paragraphs, then developing sophisticated language and/or critical analysis discussions will be the focus point.
NCEA Exams
What will I learn with my expert tutor during our tutorials?
NCEA students will learn exam processes, gather study materials, and interpret questions. Our expert tutors will provide various typical exam questions to practice with.
Why is it important to prepare for NCEA exams?
Preparing for NCEA English exams is vital for NCEA students because the exams are structured in a specific way. A plan can prepare you for the strict timed conditions. Our tutorials help you prepare for your NCEA English exams, which may include:
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NCEA exam 1 focuses on stylistic writing (level 1 only)
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NCEA exam 2 focuses on film analysis (level 2 and 3 only)
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NCEA exam 3 focuses on stylised writing (level 2 and 3 only)
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NCEA exam 3 focuses on analysing unfamiliar text (all levels)
What if I am feeling anxious about the NCEA English exams?
NCEA students may feel anxiety over their NCEA external exams, so it is comforting for them to practice the process of sitting exams with our expert tutors. As we are expert tutors who understand NCEA examinations, our expert tutors know how to alleviate the pressures of sitting exams. We do this by practising answering typical NCEA external questions and walk through the process.
NCEA Personal
Response
What will I learn with my expert tutor during our tutorials?
NCEA students will learn the difference between informal opinions and personal responses, and how to structure them with examples. Our expert tutors will provide various NCEA approved texts to practice with.
Why is it important to learn how to respond to text?
NCEA students must respond to various texts, expressing opinions in a formal writing style. This skill is vital for assessments, essays, and exams. Our effective tutorials enhance students' confidence in responding to texts, helping them articulate critical opinions, effectively.
What if I already know how to write an NCEA personal response?
If the NCEA student already knows how to write sound NCEA personal responses, then the expert tutor will focus on developing the NCEA student's sophisticated language and/or critical analysis discussions. The NCEA student will explore looking from other perspectives, as well as, direct and indirect influences for creating a text.
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Creative Writing & Language Features
What will I learn with my expert tutor during our tutorials?
NCEA students will learn to identify language features for creative writing. Our expert tutors will guide them in exploring styles like poetry, short stories, and scripts, using approved texts for practice. This will boost their confidence in analysing language features for NCEA English exams.
Why is it important to learn how to use language features?
NCEA students need to identify and use language features to write effective poems, stories, articles, speeches, and formal essays. Mastering tools like metaphors, verbs, and emotive language enhances their writing. That's why our expert tutors focus on these skills in NCEA English tutorials to help students become more impactful writers.
What if I struggle with spelling and my work doesn't make sense?
NCEA students often know what they want to say but struggle to write their ideas down. Our expert tutors have developed effective strategies that help students practice both skills together for better results. Additionally, Level 2 and 3 NCEA students must proofread their work independently, so our expert tutors ensure this skill is practiced as well.
Speeches
What will I learn with my expert tutor during our tutorials?
NCEA students will learn to write to inform, persuade, or entertain. They will work with our expert tutors to structure speeches and practice speaking performance. For oral presentations, they also incorporate technology into their practices. Our expert tutors will show our students how to do this properly.
Why is it important to learn how to communicate and address others?
NCEA students need to effectively communicate critical opinions, focusing on language features to convey important messages. The NCEA oral presentation assessment involves not only writing and structure but also practicing delivery. Tovah is an expert tutor and Performance specialist. She shares her expertise in these tutorials, providing students with strategies for confident presentations.
What if I struggle with anxiety and speaking in front of others?
NCEA students often feel nervous speaking in public. COVID-19 isolations and social anxiety has played a big part in this. Tovah offers a supportive environment for students to practice at their own pace, effectively building confidence in shy individuals and fostering a sense of pride.
NCEA Film Analysis
What will I learn with my expert tutor during our tutorials?
Our expert tutoring service is ideal for NCEA English students, covering camera angles, shots, and technologies. These NCEA tutorials will boost students' confidence for their assessments and visual exams.
Why is it important to learn how to analyse film and short films?
People are creative and communicate through various media. In NCEA Film Analysis assessments, students analyse how directors convey messages using film techniques. Our expert tutors help students examine key scenes, focusing on camera angles, makeup, music, dialogue and other film techniques. We also focus on how directing choices influence the audience.
What if I struggle with remembering all the different film terms?
NCEA students often feel overwhelmed by subject terminology. Our expert tutors have developed strategies to help students remember and understand this information, boosting their confidence in NCEA exams and assessments.