do you really need to have an English tutor in year eleven?

[jet159]

i think i will be getting an English tutor in year twelve, but do you really need to have it in year eleven? if not, then what could i do in year eleven to study English Unit 1/2?

[Special At Specialist]

Read your novels multiple times, read hundreds of news articles and write hundreds of practice essays. There are plenty of people on this site, such as brenden, who are willing to mark your essays for free and give constructive feedback.

[brenden]

No one ever really NEEDS a tutor, unless their teacher is worse than a paraplegic baby that communicates with eye movements. Getting one in Year 11 could set you up incredibly well for Year 12. Some hard work and use of these forums could also do that. (Hard work comes either way)
To study for English, know your texts super well, write as many essays as you can and get feedback for all of them, and rewrite them after feedback. Pay attention in class. Do everything your teacher tells you to do. Read the newspaper everyday.

[abcdqdxD]

Read your novels multiple times, read hundreds of news articles and write hundreds of practice essays. There are plenty of people on this site, such as brenden, who are willing to mark your essays for free and give constructive feedback.

I hope you didn't mean it literally when you said "hundreds"

[Special At Specialist]

I hope you didn't mean it literally when you said "hundreds"

100 essays isn't that much when you think about it. It's like doing 2 essays per week for a year.

[pi]

Please stop posting threads in the wrong part of the forum >.>

[abcdqdxD]

Please stop posting threads in the wrong part of the forum >.>

He's new give him a break

[jet159]

ok sorry

[brenden]

All good jet. If you click "home" it will bring you to a screen with a bunch of options. Scroll down, you'll see "VCE" in orange, and then a bunch of mini-boards. These are subject specific boards, so use them for specific subject questions lol. If you keep scrolling there's stuff like "General National Education Discussion", Victorian Education Discussion which general questions like this one go in, and other boards. Just check the board name before posting, currently all your posts are going into the English Submission forum.

[paulsterio]

i think i will be getting an English tutor in year twelve, but do you really need to have it in year eleven? if not, then what could i do in year eleven to study English Unit 1/2?

I don't understand exactly what you are trying to ask because it's never necessary to have a tutor, it's very much a personal decision which you should make depending on your ability, your work ethic and what marks you are wanting to achieve. So the best person to answer this question would be you! If you feel that you would benefit from the help or that you're not quite motivated enough or that you want a very high study score, get a tutor, if you're pretty self-motivated, a pretty good English student already and know what you're doing then you wouldn't benefit so much from a tutor.

Either way though, I agree with what everyone's said re. what you can do to study for English. Remember though, regardless of whether you get a tutor or not, seeing someone for an hour a week or whatever won't drastically change your English score unless you, yourself, make an effort to improve and put in the hard yards. A tutor is someone who can help you along the way, but ultimately, it's all up to you!

[jazza97]

Just do your homework that your teacher gives.  That is all you need to do.  Teachers want you to succeed and especially in Year 11, they will steer you a lot. 

[jazza97]

100 essays isn't that much when you think about it. It's like doing 2 essays per week for a year.

Don't write that many essays, its stupid (in my opinion).  Only ever write another essay after you have received one back corrected from your teacher or tutor and make sure in your next essay you continually fill in the gaps and improve.

[alondouek]

Don't write that many essays, its stupid (in my opinion).  Only ever write another essay after you have received one back corrected from your teacher or tutor and make sure in your next essay you continually fill in the gaps and improve.

This. Wrote only 3 non-SAC English essays in Year 12*; got a 48. You're better off only writing essays to develop the skill-set, and then working more on learning your texts and delving deeply into their concepts.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: Please don't only write 3 essays, do enough to get you to a high level and writing comfortably - I was just incredibly lazy.

[werdna]

Not necessarily... any practise is good practise in my opinion. Particularly for students who struggle under exam time or need to continually improve, writing a good amount of essays is definitely recommended.

[jazza97]

Not necessarily... any practise is good practise in my opinion. Particularly for students who struggle under exam time or need to continually improve, writing a good amount of essays is definitely recommended.

Sure, but what's the point of drilling the same mistakes over and over again.  It's important to improve each time and unless you have received corrected work back, nothing is going to change.