Candidate's Weakness
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, translation of vernacular into English
- 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 āIā;
- Writing below the required number of words on the essay topics;
- Poor knowledge of functions of clauses;
- Illegible handwriting;
- Spelling errors
- Poor knowledge of the basic rules of English grammar;
- Indiscriminate lifting of portions of set passages as answers.
- Endeavour to improve on their vocabulary and grammar of English Language through extensive reading;
- Learn the basic grammatical structures of English Language;
- Take time to understand the exact demands of questions before attempting to answer them;;
- Draw up an outline to organise their thoughts before writing their essays;
- Read through their work to correct spelling and grammatical errors before submitting their scripts;
- Practise essay writing constantly;
- Converse frequently in simple and correct English expressions.
Suggested Remedies
Candidates should: