Latin is a language, As dead as dead can be, It killed the Ancient Romans, And now itâs killing me. If youâre studying Latin at any school established in the last century or two, you may well have come across motivational words like these, possibly scrawled on the inside cover of your textbook, or carved into your desk like years numbered on a [...]
Read the play This is crucial. The internet is packed with monologues. Some are written solely as a stand alone monologue and are not even from a play. Don't choose them. They are often not that well written and many people think that to perform one is an easy option, precisely because then, they don't need to read a play. If [...]
Reading and understanding a play is different to a novel. A novelist often describes the world and the people they are writing about in a lot of detail. Often there are physical details of people, places and things. They do a lot of work for you so that you can access a full visual picture. They also explore the emotional [...]
Welcome, in my new Blog series for Non HR Professionals I intend to focus on enhancing skills and practice knowledge. Students can then tackle HR subjects with superior confidence. My subsequent blogs will cover: ⢠Realise the implications of Employment Legislation on your Organisation ⢠Recruitment questions & pitfalls ⢠Learn the appropriate codes of conduct ⢠Improve your absence management ⢠Management style v Leadership ⢠Your teamâs [...]
Weâve all been there, itâs 11pm (or 5am for you lovers of all-nighters out there), youâve worked hard to finish your essay. After long lulls of soul-searching for arguments, endless minutes of fastidious focus and wasteful wanderings around your room, library and mindâŚ. youâve finished! You even managed to write the hardest part of the essay â the paragraph before [...]
Welcome, in my new Blog series I intend to focus on the intersection subjects that challenge HR Practitioners. These are the human resource management topics that intersect the dual nature of Human Resources (HR). The HR Professionalâs role is both to protect âthe employer from legal claimâ and the âemployeeâs human rightsâ, to be a Trusted Advisor to Executive Management [...]
Do you find yourself studying really hard and memorising all these notes for an exam, but then not getting the grades to reflect it? During my own time in education, I found that the main difference between those who succeeded in exams and those who didn't do as well was all down to the term "understanding". This is a deep topic [...]
Planning is a life skill to get the most out of our time and to do tasks more efficiently, so it should apply to our studies as well right? Take a look at the puzzle piece taken from a messy pile in the image slider above. Imagine every puzzle piece being a task that lies ahead for your day, or a [...]
I have recently completed a course called Teaching English Foreign Language (TEFL). During the course, I was at an in-classroom learning session and found that foreigners who learnt the English Language had better grammar on average than a native English learner. Don't worry, it is not entirely your fault if you feel that your grammar is not up to scratch. [...]
1. Reading and understanding the question. -Take your time to read the question properly. -Read it several times if you have to. -Underline the command words. -Underline the key terms. 2. Planning your answer. -Make a short plan for essays - this will really help your essay have good structure. -Your plan should indicate the main point for each main body paragraph and the order of [...]