Mr Russell is passionate in teaching TTT students. He helped me to realise the potential that I had to excel in English and the materials prepared proved to be extremely useful for my revision before my O Levels. The notes were highly detailed and informative, with various real-life examples that I could use in various essays. TTT also provided us with a multitude of drills and practice questions for various skills and techniques in comprehension such as Unusual & Effective which were not taught in school or anywhere else. These practices helped improve the way I answered the questions in English Paper 2, an area which I found to be particularly challenging for me to score. Furthermore, the teachers were always more than willing to clarify any doubts that I had regarding the skills and content that I learnt, and always encouraged me to ask more questions so I could improve.
Even now that I have moved on to poly, the notes have helped me in numerous ways for my writing assignments. The facts and statistics included in the notes, as well as the extensive list of vocabulary words have improved the way I present my information in my projects and presentations.
I would like to thank Mr Russell for all his guidance and support. Thanks to him, not only did I secure my A1 for O Level and top my cohort for English, I also won the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition.