Revision methods for English Lit, History and Latin A levels

I’ve got Year 12 exams soon and am stuck on how to revise for my subjects (English Lit - AQA, History - OCR, and Latin - OCR). Other than writing practice essays and doing Quizlet flashcards, what other revision methods could I use? If anyone has any good advice for these subjects or similar a levels then that would be appreciated!

Reply 1

CatLover1

For history A Level, I did OCR as well (Russia and its Rulers, French Revolution and Britain from 1930-1997).

I found that blurting was the most effective for knowledge. Pick a topic in a module and write everything you know (statistics, ideas, people), then look through your information and add the extra stuff in another colour. Then later do it again. This also helps get you used to writing for long periods and fast, which you need for exams.

Also, find past questions and/or ask your teachers to create them, and create plans. I create the quick plan that you need for an exam, so give 5 minutes to write down what you would do in an exam. Then create a detailed plan with information, first by memory, then by notes.

Also, if you are doing USA or French Revolution, or certain others, the Unsimplified Videos give you good background to work with. I have found there are limited YouTube channels with academic advice for A Level History, so I just ask my teachers instead.

Reply 2

jasmineva3128

You have already had a very useful answer, which I agree with. Definitely follow their advice, as it's what I would have told you, too.

Additionally, if you like to learn by listening, you could put your notes into an AI podcast generator online. It will then come up with a podcast (spoken by AI voices) based on your notes. I found this to be very useful for history, but you could also have it discuss the plot and key themes of your texts in English lit (and I'm sure it could refer to specific quotes if they were in your notes and analysed).

I don't know if this would work for Latin, but you could see if you could provide the AI with past paper listening exams and ask if it could replicate them (I also don't know if there is a listening for Latin like there is with modern language a-levels, so this may not actually be of any use). Although, when it comes to the analysis of texts in Latin, you could always use the AI podcast in the same way as you would for English lit.

I hope this helps, and if you have any more questions, feel free to ask me. 😊