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Please Mind the Platform Gap: Subject Previews 2026

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By Victoria Khoo Miin-Hsuen (27A01A)

That change is constant is a cliché hardly worth repeating. In a bid to prevent our Subject Previews from becoming similarly superfluous, Raffles Press has rolled out a series of revisions to Please Mind the Platform Gap (PMTPG), intended to keep our commentary at eye level with the curriculum.

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What the ELL is ELL? — Please Mind the Platform Gap: H2 ELL

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By Olivia Chia (27A01A)

This article is part of a series of revisions to Raffles Press’ Please Mind the Platform Gap, intended to refresh dated information while retaining the core structure. For our previous feature on H2 ELL, please click here.

All information provided here is accurate as of the time of writing.

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of RI’s academic management and should not be used as a substitute for formal academic counselling.

This is a real picture from an ELL lesson, featuring Ms Audrey Tan, who teaches Paper 1.

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To Lit or Not to Lit? — Please Mind the Platform Gap: H2 Literature

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By Tang Ziya Rena (27A01B) and Aidan Tan (27A01D)

This article is part of a series of revisions to Raffles Press’ Please Mind the Platform Gap, intended to refresh dated information while retaining the core structure. For our previous feature on H2 Literature, please click here.

All information provided here is accurate as of the time of writing.

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of RI’s academic management and should not be used as a substitute for formal academic counselling.

TLDR: You should take Lit.

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Du Bist Gut Genug — Please Mind the Platform Gap: H2 German

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By Victoria Khoo Miin-Hsuen (27A01A)

This article is part of a series of revisions to Raffles Press’ Please Mind the Platform Gap, intended to refresh dated information while retaining the core structure. For our previous feature on H2 German, please click here.

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of RI’s academic management and should not be used as a substitute for formal academic counselling.

Why does making friends get more difficult as we grow up? Can you put love to a SWOT analysis? And how can working full-time still leave someone poor?

If the questions above sound like your cup of tea, H2 German might be worth a shot.

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諦めんなよ!— Please Mind the Platform Gap: H2 Japanese

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By Ong Tsz Xiang (27S06M)

This article is part of a series of revisions to Raffles Press’ Please Mind the Platform Gap, intended to refresh dated information while retaining the core structure. For our previous feature on H2 Japanese, please click here.

All information provided here is accurate as of the time of writing.

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of RI’s academic management and should not be used as a substitute for formal academic counselling.

お疲れさまでした!! Taking Japanese for four years as an extra O Level subject is certainly no easy feat.

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