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Thinking AloudEnglish Blog
An occasional blog concerned with the world of English Language and Literature. Featuring insights from examiners and past students as well as encouraging and inspiring everyone to pick up a book and get lost in a new world.
ChatGPT + Hamlet + Revision = A Tragicomedy
Easter is nearly upon us, hurrah, up to three weeks for your child to revise for their exams. Are you ready? Are they?Â
Sophie Welsh
Mar 262 min read
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Rejected First Time Around: the Art of Revision
Rejection: the gut-punch every writer faces. History is full of books dismissed before becoming literary classics.Â
Sophie Welsh
Mar 242 min read
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The Blarney Stone and the Art of Eloquence (Exam-Board Approved)
For those of us in the business of literature, St Patrick's day is a chance to celebrate Ireland’s unrivalled literary legacy.
Sophie Welsh
Mar 172 min read
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You Only Have 2 Months; You Have Ages... It's Revision Season
Fear not. Be it GCSE, IB, or A Level English Language and/or Literature, here are a few survival strategies... chocolate is involved.
Sophie Welsh
Mar 13 min read
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Dystopian Fiction: Holding a Mirror up to our Reality
In a world where the news reads like a rejected Black Mirror script, it’s no wonder dystopian fiction is having a moment.Â
Sophie Welsh
Feb 222 min read
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The Power of Maggie O'Farrell
If I Am, I Am, I Am is about the individual’s fight for survival, Hamnet is about the collective weight of loss.Â
Sophie Welsh
Jan 73 min read
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Pushing Boundaries: Lessons from Bacon, Bowie, and the Brave
There’s nothing quite like a Francis Bacon exhibition to remind you that life is equal parts grotesque, tragic, and utterly captivating.Â
Sophie Welsh
Dec 10, 20242 min read
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VIP Treatment or a Learning Squad?: The English Online Tuition Dilemma
Tuition. That golden ticket to better grades, fewer exam jitters, and the occasional boast at the school gates.Â
Sophie Welsh
Oct 14, 20243 min read
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How to Win at Literature Essays (Spoiler: Plan First)
Here’s the secret: with a solid plan, your child will breeze through their English essay faster and with fewer bumps along the way.Â
Sophie Welsh
Oct 7, 20242 min read
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The Topic Sentence: Signpost to Excelling in English Literature Exams with The LangLit Studio
Is your child staring blankly at their English Lit essay, fear not - The LangLit Studio Literature tuition is here to help.
Sophie Welsh
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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Page to Stage - the unwritten adaptation (just as the West End beats me to it)
Shush, I know we shouldn’t have favourites. But if I had to choose, go on then, it would undoubtedly be the IB’s Literature and Performance
Sophie Welsh
Aug 19, 20242 min read
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Shakespeare Reworked
Shakespeare is nothing if not a crackingly good storyteller. That he stole most of his plot lines is neither here nor there, just don’t ask
Sophie Welsh
Aug 13, 20243 min read
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A Trip of a Lifetime, with a Nice Little PhD Attached
There's an unmatched thrill in perusing the dusty shelves of a second-hand bookshop, where the scent of old paper and the promise of...
Sophie Welsh
Aug 5, 20243 min read
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Summer Reading for aspiring A Level / IB students
Pens down, books away - you’ve done the exams, you’re just waiting for the results. Nothing more to be done. IT’S THE SUMMER!
Sophie Welsh
Jul 23, 20242 min read
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