A-Level English Tutoring
A-Level English requires a sustained critical argument held across an entire essay and informed by wider reading. Tutoring concentrates on building that argument, which is the most common reason strong GCSE students find the transition difficult.
- Level
- A-Level
- Exam boards
- AQA, Edexcel, OCR
- Format
- One-to-one, online
What’s important for A-Level English.
The aspects of this qualification that most often determine how well a student performs.
A single sustained argument
Top-band responses advance one clear line of argument throughout, rather than presenting a sequence of separate observations.
Critical interpretation
Other readings of a text should be used to develop and test a student's own position, not cited for their own sake.
Integrated context
Historical and literary context earns marks when it is woven into analysis, and very few when it appears as separate background.
Genuine comparison
Comparative questions require texts to be held in dialogue throughout the essay rather than discussed one after the other.
What we cover.
Lessons concentrate on the areas an individual student needs, rather than working through the specification from beginning to end.
- Critical argument
- Developing a thesis and sustaining it with evidence across a full-length essay.
- Set texts
- Drama, prose and poetry according to the student's specification.
- Unseen analysis
- A dependable approach to texts encountered for the first time in the examination.
- Comparative writing
- Structuring essays that genuinely compare texts, themes and methods.
- Coursework (NEA)
- Choosing a workable question, planning the study and redrafting, within the independence the coursework requires.
How RevoLearn supports A-Level English students.
- Detailed feedback on full essays, with specific guidance on argument and structure.
- Teaching to the student's set texts and specification.
- Support with coursework planning and redrafting, within examination board rules.
- Preparation for unseen and comparative questions under timed conditions.
Other subjects we teach.
Enquire about A-Level English tutoring
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