Fixing English

31/01/2022

I'm running an online Intensive LANTITE Literacy bootcamp for a limited number of students. The course is 12 hours over one weekend. Cost $120. If you need to hone your English Literacy skills, email me ([email protected]) sharpish to reserve your place!
Here is a brief outline of what I'll be covering: Reading: strategies for reading texts and responding to questions; recognising the different LANTITE text types and identifying their common features; inference skills; identifying the main idea in a text.
Technical Skills:
Punctuation: apostrophes; punctuating dialogue, and direct and indirect speech; commas; colons and semi-colons.
Grammar: parts of speech overview; sentences, clauses and phrases; capitalisation; articles; subject/verb agreement; ambiguity and misplaced modifiers.
Vocabulary and spelling: useful Australian English academic word list and website links

It's going to be a busy weekend! Are you up for the challenge?

22/09/2020

Delighted to announce, I’ve brought my English tutoring (for teachers, writers and tertiary students) and editing (for fiction writers) under one umbrella: Fixing English https://www.fixingenglish.com
If you’re a writer or student teacher needing support, please check out my services. You’ll also find me on Instagram
For this year I’ll still be available through via my English Tutor in Oz website and Facebook as well.

03/08/2020

Thank you for coming to my page. If you are interested in my English literacy tutoring services (for LANTITE), please check my rates and availability on my website and email me: [email protected]

23/12/2019

Congratulations
to all my students who sat LANTITE LITERACY this year!
🥂🥰🙏
They all passed!

21/03/2019

Hi LANTITE literacy students,

I am an experienced English literacy tutor who previously worked for Monash University giving English literacy tuition and running workshops specifically for LANTITE students.

If you would like more details about my fees and tutoring availability please check my website: https://englishtutorinoz.com

If you would like to arrange a LANTITE literacy consultation, please email me: [email protected]

Kind regards,

Anna

16/01/2019

If you've failed the LANTITE literacy test, it may be that your vocabulary has let you down, rather than your poor grammar or punctuation. Unfortunately, one of the 'problem areas' that LANTITE students often fail to address is, how to improve their vocabulary. This is a big mistake! Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Vocabulary is a crucial component in improving and acquiring reading comprehension skills. [ 707 more words ]
http://englishtutorinoz.com/2019/01/16/vocabulary-is-vital/

If you’ve failed the LANTITE literacy test, it may be that your vocabulary has let you down, rather than your poor grammar or punctuation. Unfortunately, one of the ‘problem areas& #8217…

08/01/2019

Happy New Year and very best wishes to all those LANTITE students currently awaiting their results. I wish you every success in 2019! If you don't pass, try to keep positive and remember that you have more than one shot at the LANTITE test. This is what ACER says: Additional test attempts
If you have sat the test three times and you have not met the standard, please contact your institution to discuss your options.
In special and/or extenuating circumstances, institutions may consider that individual students should be allowed additional test attempts up to a maximum of five (including the initial three attempts). Advice is available for higher education providers on the process required for requesting fourth and fifth test attempts which includes confirmation of remedial actions that have been put in place for the individual student.
If you register for a test sitting and do not attend the session you booked, this will not count towards your re-sit attempts.

https://teacheredtest.acer.edu.au/results/re-sit

My advice to anyone who has not done as well as they'd hoped, is to not rush into retaking the test. Take the time to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses, and make a plan to improve your performance before re-sitting the test. There are lots of free resources available, some of which are listed on my website: https://englishtutorinoz.com/useful-links/ Not everyone passes first time, but given the right preparation there is no reason you shouldn't pass the LANTITE test next time around. Finally, big congratulations to those who have passed! When it comes to teaching, don't forget what an ordeal these standardised tests can be and try to minimise stress for your own students :)

You will have the opportunity to re-sit the Test from July 2016; however the cost of sitting the Test will be your responsibility.

06/12/2018

I feel for anyone having to sit exams and tests, especially LANTITE ... although for those literacy nerds (like me) you won't help noticing that the headline below should be, 'Multiple choice questions are like'! Just saying ...

30/11/2018

Vocabulary is one of the keys to success for the LANTITE literacy test: knowing the difference between 'principle' and 'principal', or when to use 'affect' or 'effect', or understanding the meaning of words like 'paradigm'. If you haven't found it already, the Oxford Dictionaries website provides an invaluable resource for students. Here is their useful list of easily confusable words: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/commonly-confused-words
For other useful links check out my website: https://englishtutorinoz.com/useful-links/

Spellcheckers can miss mistakes where words have been mixed up because they look and sound alike. Our video guide will help you see the difference for yourself.

09/11/2018

For LANTITE literacy students: I've just added a page to my website with lots of useful links to literacy websites and resources. See here https://englishtutorinoz.com/useful-links/ Of course I'd love to tutor you, but there is so much you can do on your own and I hope you'll find these resources useful. I shall continue to add to my Useful Links page and would welcome any other suggestions.

Just to be starting with, here a few useful resources: LANTITE information from ACER including practice tests. UK Department of Education, Literacy Skills Tests (see downloadable tests on right han…