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Context. There’s a great word! But what is it? If you are an Advanced or Extension student, you have probably been wondering about how to use context in a HSC English essay. Let’s start with the basics. Regardless of the complexity of a topic, every piece of learning in the study of English as a…

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Examinations and trials. Lots of words have to be written in a short space of time. How do you deal with the pressure? In this episode we explore a few strategies that will help you keep a cool head when you’re sitting your exams.  

One of the great sadistic joys that a teacher can feel each year is watching students dodge, dip, dive, duck, and dodge away from their responsibilities as the exam period looms closer and closer.  Where I see most students falter is in their dismal lack of planning for the HSC English trials. The Higher School…

There is no denying  that reading sure can be a chore. Before 1990 or in other words ancient history, people didn’t have the internet freely available to give them a video lesson or information by the bucket. In this age books were the obvious choice for the consumption of ideas. Thankfully, we no longer need…

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So, you have been given a new text, film, artwork or piece of media to analyse. In this episode we will go through our key strategies for consuming material and show you how to read or view a text.  

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Everybody loves grammar and punctuation right? In order to celebrate our collective love of the English language, Save My HSC has compiled an entire podcast on understanding semicolons! Some claim that semicolons are the holy grail of writing; but others think they are just full stops and commas working together. We put our sanity to…