How

1-to-1 COACHING

CUSTOMISED PACE FOR EACH STUDENT

STUDENT’s COMFORTABLE VENUE

NO ‘one size fits all’ formula that seems very affordable but ignores your unique needs.

No ‘magic notes’ that you should follow religiously while ignoring your college teachers completely.

No forced sign-ups for an entire term or semester doing topical coverage you don't fancy.

Each student is assessed carefully and deliberately on how he or she can be assisted. Well, it is akin to getting medical treatment from an ENT specialist. The three areas of Ear, Nose and Throat are such that if any one of them decides to play punk, the other two are affected too and the nett result is soon articulated by your face.

Likewise, for a competent GP student, the three elements of personality, language skills and adherence to the exam requirements come together. Coach Ali has to do a preliminary diagnosis of as many secondary school and JC essays/compres they have done to determine which are the weaker areas and how much they need to balance the other areas.  

For instance, there are students not strong with voice or ideas, but sound in grammar and rigorous in keeping to exam requirements. They have been trained to ‘study’ anything and everything as exam subjects since young. These students need to be pushed towards putting some passion and ownership of ideas.

And there are a minority group with excellent maturity and adherence to exam requirements but being of foreign origin, use English in a rather different manner and thus need to be guided towards Cambridge cognisance.     

Yet, there are those with plenty of panache and excellent English skills but just cannot keep to the given lines/over-answer or have to exceed the time limits to write to personal satisfaction.

Most students can be a combination of multiple areas for improvement. Hence, strategies need to be tailored specifically. This is definitely time-consuming and each student is worked on not just when meeting for coaching but off-site pre-session preparation as well, based on how fast he or she is able to improve on written work.

Next, you don’t need more printed notes and handouts any other than what you have gotten in school. Care will be taken to explain them to you rather than load you with more printouts. Having 3 kilos of GP notes from the past two decades does not empower but only stress you out. Ali has been through that stage as an eighteen-year old.

There are no ‘Ace your GP’ type of books or manuals to be handed out either. Such books can be found in some popular bookstores and are misleading. Individual understanding can only be maximised by your own notes and ideas. You will be encouraged to make notes in your own way on many tips and ideas shared during each coaching session.

For enquiries or a free chat to diagnose your General Paper needs, please contact Coach Ali at 9025 8505 or use the form below.