QuiteLiterate
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Hi BoSers,
I used to be pretty active on the forum, but I’ve made a new account for this! Hi to the old and new.
My name is Bec Ha, and I’m here as a state-ranking English tutor and qualified English teacher. It’s a weird situation to be in, but English teaching is my greatest passion in life. I had no tutoring as a high school student, but I was obsessed with the subject. I am embarrassingly, informally referred to through the z/alpha terminology of ‘eng god’, ‘og eng tutor’, ‘legit goated eng teacher’, ‘eng goat’ and ‘secret weapon’ by a whole bunch of students who are/were on this forum and irl. Just typing this out makes me feel out of touch.
I’m finally conducting my own private (1-on-1) tutoring for Year 11 and Year 12 English Advanced, EE1, and EE2. I'm taking applications for only a handful of students I can confidently nurture, to commence tuition in Term 1 of 2025. If you’d like to view my website, which outlines all details, rates, qualifications, and ways to apply, please PM me and I’ll send you a link! Unfortunately, I can't accept any students I've previously taught or tutored at school or for any tutoring company -- I'm really sorry! If you'd like to join the waitlist for future years, please get in touch.
Many of my high achieving students have achieved NSW state ranks in English Adv/EE1/EE2, and I’ve helped hundreds, if not thousands of students with expected Band 4/Band 5 results in English who have gone on to achieve their desired B6 results, even in English Standard where ~60 students achieve a Band 6 each year in NSW. I have a proven track record of taking students who despise English and having them leave with a desire to read and a genuine appreciation for the English subject and its critical importance to our society and humanity. I have the most experience tutoring students who attend James Ruse, Baulko, NSG, Normanhurst Boys, Meriden, and Pymble LC, but have taught students from dozens of other schools too, and have expertise in almost every single English prescribed text over the course of three successive syllabus/prescription changes.
English is not about techniques, spending dozens of hours re-reading your texts, topic sentences, or spamming generic essays and paragraphs. It’s a subject that very simply demands a balance of creativity, a smart dose of discipline, and critical thought. Training students to think critically, act as custodians of the written word, and respond flexibly to complex problems and prompts is difficult, but it’s the most rewarding part of teaching this subject.
Qualifications and Experience
I have 10+ years experience as a state-ranking, prize-winning English Literature university graduate, English teacher, and tutor working in schools and for tutoring companies, and I have HSC-level marking experience. I know how hard it is to improve in the subject, but I’ve distilled ten years of experience into my approach. I do what works, and I know what teachers/HSC markers want, and how to balance internal vs. external assessment demands. Importantly, I want students to enjoy English, cultivate a powerful voice and awareness, and exceed the limits they’ve set for themselves as learners and as human beings. I know I’ve succeeded when a student reads their own work in disbelief, shocked that they’ve produced such a powerful piece of writing.
PM me if you’d like a link to my website or if you have any questions/need advice. I’d absolutely love to hear from you. If you know anyone who you think might benefit from my tutoring, please pass this onto them. Best of luck with your studies, all! You've got this!
Interests: Hip-hop and K-pop choreography and dance, painting, creative writing (currently working on a novel!), pottery and ceramics, weightlifting, reading (currently working through Claire Keegan's oeuvre), songwriting/singing and music production, cats, and social justice and human rights initiatives.
I used to be pretty active on the forum, but I’ve made a new account for this! Hi to the old and new.
My name is Bec Ha, and I’m here as a state-ranking English tutor and qualified English teacher. It’s a weird situation to be in, but English teaching is my greatest passion in life. I had no tutoring as a high school student, but I was obsessed with the subject. I am embarrassingly, informally referred to through the z/alpha terminology of ‘eng god’, ‘og eng tutor’, ‘legit goated eng teacher’, ‘eng goat’ and ‘secret weapon’ by a whole bunch of students who are/were on this forum and irl. Just typing this out makes me feel out of touch.
I’m finally conducting my own private (1-on-1) tutoring for Year 11 and Year 12 English Advanced, EE1, and EE2. I'm taking applications for only a handful of students I can confidently nurture, to commence tuition in Term 1 of 2025. If you’d like to view my website, which outlines all details, rates, qualifications, and ways to apply, please PM me and I’ll send you a link! Unfortunately, I can't accept any students I've previously taught or tutored at school or for any tutoring company -- I'm really sorry! If you'd like to join the waitlist for future years, please get in touch.
Many of my high achieving students have achieved NSW state ranks in English Adv/EE1/EE2, and I’ve helped hundreds, if not thousands of students with expected Band 4/Band 5 results in English who have gone on to achieve their desired B6 results, even in English Standard where ~60 students achieve a Band 6 each year in NSW. I have a proven track record of taking students who despise English and having them leave with a desire to read and a genuine appreciation for the English subject and its critical importance to our society and humanity. I have the most experience tutoring students who attend James Ruse, Baulko, NSG, Normanhurst Boys, Meriden, and Pymble LC, but have taught students from dozens of other schools too, and have expertise in almost every single English prescribed text over the course of three successive syllabus/prescription changes.
English is not about techniques, spending dozens of hours re-reading your texts, topic sentences, or spamming generic essays and paragraphs. It’s a subject that very simply demands a balance of creativity, a smart dose of discipline, and critical thought. Training students to think critically, act as custodians of the written word, and respond flexibly to complex problems and prompts is difficult, but it’s the most rewarding part of teaching this subject.
Qualifications and Experience
I have 10+ years experience as a state-ranking, prize-winning English Literature university graduate, English teacher, and tutor working in schools and for tutoring companies, and I have HSC-level marking experience. I know how hard it is to improve in the subject, but I’ve distilled ten years of experience into my approach. I do what works, and I know what teachers/HSC markers want, and how to balance internal vs. external assessment demands. Importantly, I want students to enjoy English, cultivate a powerful voice and awareness, and exceed the limits they’ve set for themselves as learners and as human beings. I know I’ve succeeded when a student reads their own work in disbelief, shocked that they’ve produced such a powerful piece of writing.
- Bachelor of Arts (English Literature and Performance and Theatre Studies) and Bachelor of Education (Sec:SS)(Hons I), University of Sydney
- Accredited English, Drama, and English as an Additional Language/Dialect teacher
- Further specialist professional development, training and qualifications in TESOL (USYD) and teaching gifted/talented students (UNSW)
- 10+ years of experience tutoring students who aim for a 90+ English HSC mark and/or to increase their chances of a state rank
- HSC-level marking experience and insight into benchmarking and moderation processes
- HSC: 99.50 ATAR, 19th in NSW English Advanced, E4s in EE1/EE2
- NSW Department of Education and Training, Targeted Graduate - ‘Targeted Graduate’ recognises the highest performing and highest potential teaching graduates in Australia on the basis of university transcripts, practicum reports, an interview with the DET, and multiple tests on emotional intelligence and logical/abstract reasoning. Targeted graduates are granted automatic permanent placement at an available school of choice.
- USyd First Class Honours (91, High Distinction)
- USyd Department of English Michael Orange Prize (for English Literature student Year 2)
- USyd Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Raymond L. Debus Education Research Scholarship
- USyd Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Dean’s List of Excellence in Academic Performance
- USyd Academic Merit Prize
- HSC All-Round Achiever
- HSC State Rank, 19th in NSW English (Advanced)
- Structured 1-on-1 tuition, 10 hours per term, conducted remotely via Zoom (I'm temporarily on a sabbatical while living in London to pursue creative writing!). I've tutored remotely for 5 years now, and there's been zero difference in the effectiveness/results achieved by students.
- Unlimited in-depth marking (I usually offer anywhere between 500-1,100 words of feedback for each submission). Ambitious students tend to average about ~10 hours of marking per term, and my marking comes from my know-how as a state-ranker, prize-winning English Lit graduate, teacher with HSC-level marking experience, and tutor with 10+ years of experience
- Unlimited email support and advice, i.e. when you receive an assessment notification, informal tasks, trouble with a particular text etc.
- Tailored resources, past papers, and full-mark exemplars for all modules
- My mug shouting motivational lectures/constant cheerleading etc.
PM me if you’d like a link to my website or if you have any questions/need advice. I’d absolutely love to hear from you. If you know anyone who you think might benefit from my tutoring, please pass this onto them. Best of luck with your studies, all! You've got this!
Interests: Hip-hop and K-pop choreography and dance, painting, creative writing (currently working on a novel!), pottery and ceramics, weightlifting, reading (currently working through Claire Keegan's oeuvre), songwriting/singing and music production, cats, and social justice and human rights initiatives.
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