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To be able to fully prepare yourself, you should tackle the oral step by step. Start by making sure you have all the passages that your examiner could possibly ask you about. This may be an array of poems, s...

There are two situations when you can use an apostrophe: contractions and for possession. I will start with contractions as this is the easiest. A contraction is when you squash two words into one shorter wo...

The approach that I would suggest to any student analysing a text is to use "PEE". This stands for Point, Evidence and Explain and allows your answers to be more focused and ensures that you includ...

Halliday (1978) proposed that there are 7 stages or functions of a child's speech. These are as follows. Instrumental function - language that is used to fulfil a need, such as to obtain food, drink or comfo...

This might sound obvious, but the best way to preapre yourself is by practicing alone. You will have a set number of texts, one of which you will be examined on, so make sure you know a brief analysis and ke...