- CANDIDATES’ WEAKNESSES
The weaknesses observed include:
- poor paragraphing;
- poor expression as a result of wrong concord, poor punctuation marks, wrong use of tenses, poor use of prepositions and articles;
- failure to grasp the requirements and demands of some questions attempted;
- inability to construct simple and correct sentences;
- wrong use of the first person pronoun “I”;
- writing below the required number of words on the essay topics;
- illegible handwriting;
- use of SMS language such as “u” for you; “4” for for
- spelling errors;
- wrong use of the word “cause” instead of “because”, “there” for “their”;
- poor knowledge of the basic rules of English grammar;
- mindless lifting of answers from the passage;
- inability to restate in the candidate’s own words, ideas contained in the passage.
- SUGGESTED REMEDIES
Candidates should:
- endeavour to improve on their vocabulary and grammar in English Language through extensive reading;
- acquaint themselves with the techniques of answering questions;
- take time to understand the exact demands of questions before attempting to answer them;
- draw up an outline to organize their thoughts before writing their essays;
- read through their work to correct spelling and grammatical mistakes before submitting their scripts;
- practice essay writing constantly;
- converse regularly in simple and correct English expressions.