With mid-year exams and WA around the corner, today’s blog post will be on tips for Situational Writing.
Situational Writing is an excellent area where students can try to score as high a mark as possible, especially if you find writing to be a chore, Situational Writing is an area where you can work on with more predictability. For paper 1 of O’levels, you will be tested on two types of writing, Situational Writing, and Continuous Writing. Both are of equal weightage.
Situational Writing is found in Paper 1 Section B of O level English Language Papers (Both Old Syllabus 1128 and English Language New Syllabus 1184) which will take effect next in 2023.
Paper 1 is a compulsory section that essentially assesses the candidate’s ability to apply the use of written standard English in practical everyday scenarios. For your script to attain a good grade, you need to understand the purpose, audience, and context of the given question and ensure you write in the correct format with accurate grammar and a variety of vocabulary and sentence structures.
How to get that Distinction in English (for this section)?
You need to demonstrate a high level of personal engagement and inject your personal voice so that you differentiate yourself from the many average scripts that merely copy or re-hash the points given in the stimulus.
To help you along the way, here are some invaluable tips from your English Teachers. In this blog post, we will focus on Informal Letter or Email, paying particular emphasis on how to start informal letters and how to end them impeccably.
Useful Phrases for Informal Letter
| How to start your informal email?
Greetings |
In a blink of an eye
It was lovely to meet you. How are things? What is going on? It has been a while. It’s been too long! I’m sure you’re wondering how I’ve been. It feels like it was just yesterday that we were talking about something, but in reality it’s been way too long…(link to topic) |
| Thanking someone | Thank you for greeting me with open arms Advertisements
Appreciate your generosity I had a whale of a time at your place |
| Link to the topic of the question | My mother told me that you will be visiting us …
I hope things have been going well with you. I’ve missed catching up with you so much. I heard … |
| How to end your informal letter or email | Best wishes,
Stay well I can’t wait to hear from you I am absolutely thrilled to be able to see you again See you soon Take Care All the best |
Remember that how you end your formal letter is important as well. Students fare well in situational writing when they are mindful of their tones and are able to make a good first impression on the market/reader with their content and style. Choose the wrong closing, and you might damage the tone and impression you have built up earlier. For more effective tips and professional guidance to help you score that A, connect with our team of ex and current MOE tutors today.
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Part 2: Spoken Interaction Candidates engage in a discussion with the Examiners on a topic based on the same video clip. When are our lessons conducted? Every Tuesday or Wednesday Evenings 6pm to 7.30pm Rates: $50 per session (4 or 5 sessions each month) Duration of each session: 1.5hrs Mode of Tuition: Online Group Size: Maximum 6 students Mode of Lesson: Online via Zoom and Google Suite Classroom *Our online lessons are conducted by experienced teachers who are familiar with and trained in the MOE syllabus. Click here to sign up. |
