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Thank you for your detailed explanation! I have more or less know what books to choose and buy. ^^
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Originally posted by Angelic-dream:
Thank you for your detailed explanation! I have more or less know what books to choose and buy. ^^
You're totally welcome. And remember to always feel free to post your Phys/Chem/Bio/Maths qns here on SgForums anytime.
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Hi,
What can one do with a comprehension passage (at O-level or H1-level)?
1. The most straightforward use is for one to practise comprehension skills.
2. One can pick up vocabulary words and how they are used.
3. One can gain more insight about a topic area (e.g. advertising), which will be useful in writing essays (e.g. influence of mass media) related to the same area.
4. One can learn about the use of topic sentences and how substantiation of points can be brought about.
5. One can hone his/her skills in essay development by modelling after the way the passage presents its ideas to the reader.
6. One can use the passage to practise oral reading; this applies to O-level EL only.
Thanks!
Cheers,
Wen Shih -
Hi,
One can learn more about essay writing (relevant for EL or GP) from this book:
Cracking the GRE 2009 Edition by The Princeton Review.
It is available from National Library branches.
I have extracted some content and adapted it for our reference.
Suppose we encounter an essay topic (at O-level EL or H1-level GP) like:Children need strict discipline in order to grow successfully to adulthood. Without it, they, and society as a whole, will have no sense of morals and will drift into depression and violence.During the brainstorming process, we could take these simple steps:1. Read the topic and summarise what it's saying (i.e., "strict discipline good").2. Summarise the opposing side of the topic (i.e., "strict discipline bad").3. Look at the evidence the topic gives for the side it argues, and come up with some points to challenge that side (i.e., "If lack of discipline causes depression and violence, then too much discipline stifles creativity and make children unfeeling robots with a greater capability for depression and violence").4. Write down the opposing side and the evidence you've come up with, making it match the language used in the essay topic as much as possible (i.e., "Too much discipline, however, can stifle children. Instead of providing them with a moral compass, it can actually suppress their personalities and lead them to be unthinking automatons, much more likely to resort to violence or succumb to depression than those who have been allowed to use their creativity").Thanks.
Cheers,
Wen Shih -
Thanks, Wen Shih! I have just began GP lecture a few days ago and your information come just in time! =)
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>> What about the characteristics of H2 maths? Is it more like A Maths?
No, it isn't.
There are topics in H2 that are not in A Maths (e.g., arithmetic progression and geometric progression).
There are topics that are covered in A Maths, but covered in greater depth in H2 (e.g., binomial theorem, which at the H2 level, includes -ve and fractions exponents).
There is also the statistics part of H1 and H2 Maths, which is completely absent in A Maths.
Compilation of GP Essay titles can be found at http://ascklee.org/Stuff.html (scroll all the way to the bottom)
Sincerely,
ascklee
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sorry to hijack your thread but this seems to be one of the most recent threads regarding this matter, so...
i am in polytechnic taking chemical engineering, can i use those books that you recommended? also i wanted the CS Toh book but i couldnt find it in Popular even though the person told me to go to popular to buy (i made an enquiry via email to the website http://www.post-1.com/step-by-step/?a=contact).
so is there any other ways to get the book (i dun have a credit card so i cant buy online)?
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Originally posted by Speedy94:
sorry to hijack your thread but this seems to be one of the most recent threads regarding this matter, so...
i am in polytechnic taking chemical engineering, can i use those books that you recommended? also i wanted the CS Toh book but i couldnt find it in Popular even though the person told me to go to popular to buy (i made an enquiry via email to the website http://www.post-1.com/step-by-step/?a=contact).
so is there any other ways to get the book (i dun have a credit card so i cant buy online)?
Yes, CS Toh's Advanced Study Guide will be helpful for Poly Chem Engineering (I've tutored poly Chem Engineering students before). To buy it, call 9682 3583 (Peter Soh), and tell him you want to buy a copy of CS Toh's Advanced Study Guide, and (to prepare for your chem engineering tests) CS Toh's Chemistry Practice Questions books (both the structured qns book and the MCQ book).