Sooner or later, once all they studying and research has been done, you will eventually find yourself face to face with an exam paper. Even at this stage it is possible to take control and tame the exam. Students often make the mistake of confronting an exam in a passive way, as if they had no control over it at all. This is not true.

It is remarkable how many students see the start of an exam as if it were a race where they have been revving up, with the break on, ready for a quick dash off the starting line and this is a mistake. As with many things an exam is often won or lost during the preparation stage. Selecting the first question on an exam paper with a word in it you recognise and then writing, at speed, everything you know about that word might produce quantity but it is unlikely to produce quality.

• Make sure you read through the entire paper so you are aware of all the questions available to you. The most obvious questions may not necessarily be the best ones for you. Some questions might look straightforward but may actually be asking you to do 3 or 4 quite complicated things. Other questions may simply require you to carefully compare two things. There may be questions on themes that really interest you and that would make good dissertation or essay topics but that might not suit you as an exam question. Always make smart choices, pick the questions that you understand clearly and that you can tackle well under exam conditions.
• Always pay attention to what you are being asked to do – you will never get a question asking you to tell the examiner everything you know about a topic. Most question will ask you to compare or evaluate or critically analyse or apply theory to practice or argue from relevant evidence. As with any job, if you don’t do what is actually asked of you then you are likely to fail. If the question asks you to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a particular theory or approach and you simply provide information on the theory then you will get a low grade no matter how detailed your information and how well you have written. In the same way, if your boss asks you to produce a report on the value of bringing your cat to work and you simply write an essay on “What is a Cat?” you will probably get fired for not doing your job properly…….

 

 

 

The research explores neologisms that have entered everyday English discourse during the coronavirus pandemic and formed so-called Coronaspeak. The analysis reveals that three approaches to neologisms are applicable to lexemes of Coronaspeak: the stylistic theory that is relevant to the words that used to be scientific terms but have been adopted by non-specialists, the etymological approach that regards as neologisms those new coinages that have developed a new meaning, and the denotational approach where neologisms are the lexemes created to nominate new concepts. Drawing on the assumption that language units verbalise cultural phenomena, the further study of Coronaspeak suggests that the modern English-speaking societies undergo a number of cultural changes: medicalisation of public discourse that originates from the government policy to engage the public in the struggle against COVID-19 as well as from using the pandemic as an argument in ideological and political conflicts; conceptualisation of the pandemic as a milestone, a turning point in history; introduction of new categories for social groups based on such criteria as health, profession, or attitude to the pandemic and socially responsible behaviour (eg, clinically vulnerable people, key workers, covadults); development of new or modification of old cultural practices that embrace lifestyle (coronacocooing, WFH, drivecation), appearance (corona hair, coronabesity), patterns of online and offline communication (homeference, video party, coronadating, Wuhan shake); reconceptualisation of pre-pandemic concepts (home), and, finally, emergence of new types of interpersonal relations (coronarelationship, corona boyfriend).

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The other day you had seen some small children begging at a traffic light signal. Write an article on ‘Child Labour’ for your school magazine.

 

Child Labour

One of the greatest curses that still plagues our world is child labour, where children below the age of 14 years are forced to work.

This social evil is rampant in India, where a great number of children can be seen working at roadside stalls or ‘dhabas’ or in brick mills, glass factories, firecracker factories, etc.

When one looks towards the causes behind this practice, one finds that child labour is prevalent due to poverty, illiteracy, and the lack of urge to do better, etc. These poor children work as bonded labourers on a paltry wages. They rarely have sufficient food or clothing. Not only that, they are also ill-treated. There is no one who listens to them or cares for their woes.

What people don’t realize is that this has become a vicious circle. These children when grow up still remain backward, poor and illiterate. Their children go through the same horrible existence. The Government should take active measures and provide opportunities to these children so that they may improve themselves. Schemes should be implemented to provide them with a better future and this in turn will contribute towards the development of the nation.

This awareness will definitely help to improve the status of the nation.

 

Water, water everywhere
Not a single drop to drink.

These lines are proving true as the scarcity of water is catching on all around the world. This is the result of man’s undue harvesting of the normal resource.

We need water not only for our personal needs, but also for agriculture and industries. When there is plenty of water, we tend to waste it by leaving the taps running. Our carelessness leads to a lot of waste.

We have to conserve each and every drop of water which is being wasted today.

Schemes like water harvesting need to be launched on a big scale. Ecoclubs should be established in all the schools of the country to spread awareness among the students about the need to save environment.

Only then we can ensure a safe future for our coming generations, otherwise, the day is not far when we may witness another world-war not for land, but for water..

 

Liberalization of economy in India has generated more wealth and a never satiating consumerism; unfortunately even education has fallen into the clutches of commercialization. Parents who are well-off want to provide ‘quality’ education to their children. English medium schools and so called ‘public schools’ have mushroomed and are flourishing on the weaknesses of class conscious parents.

Leaving aside a few reputed and established names, most of these newly sprung-up schools are not better than ‘teaching shops’. They mint money at the cost of ignorant and credulous parents. To a casual onlooker, the system appears restrictive and selective, but the overcrowded classrooms with 60 to 70 students in the primary section tell a different story.

The overcrowded classrooms adversely affect the academic standards. It is very difficult for any teacher, how so ever resourceful, to build any report or conduct interactive sessions in such classes. The curriculum is ‘covered’ in a poor manner. The academic values are brushed aside and the sole factor that governs the school authorities is money. The concerned authorities must make a note of it and take necessary action so that the students get quality education and come out in flying colours.

 

 

Trees are said to be the life givers to human beings. But human beings are not paying any heed to this fact and are cutting them mercilessly and endlessly to satisfy their needs. With our population rising at a tremendous rate, the trees and forests are vanishing faster than the blink of an eye. A time will come when the earth will be devoid of trees.

Deforestation has led to many serious problems such as depletion of the ozone layer. More pollution means more respiratory disorders, so on and so forth. Therefore, it is our duty to make India a lush green country by planting more trees.

Due to deforestation, the weather conditions have changed abruptly. Due to global warming, there is a great increase in temperature. Forests are the shelter of flora and fauna. With the cutting of trees of the forests, flora and fauna has been adversely affected.

Trees prevent soil erosion but the felling of more trees has caused soil erosion. So, each and every place is turning into a barren wasteland. Moreover, floods have become frequent due to the same reason.

If every single Indian takes a pledge to plant even one tree, we could again make our country, our India ‘GREEN INDIA’.