Candidate's Weakness

Candidates’ weaknesses were revealed in the three sections of the paper. These weaknesses included:

1. Lack of expression to carry through their ideas;
2. Poor understanding of the passages and questions;
3. Inability to construct meaningful sentences;
4. Provision of answers that have no relationship to the questions;
5. Inability to re-state in the candidate’s own words, ideas contained in a passage;
6. Mindless lifting of portions of the set passages as answers;
7. Inability to replace words as used in the passage.
   
   

Suggested Remedies

Candidates should:

1. Candidates should learn the basic grammatical structures of English Language.
2. Candidates should acquaint themselves with the techniques for answering questions.
3. Candidates should learn the formal features of the various composition i.e. informal letter, formal letter, article, speech and story writing.
4. Candidates should inculcate the habit of reading wide with a view to improving their vocabulary.
5. Candidates should practise essay writing regularly.
6. Candidates should understand the demands of questions before answering them.