Candidate's Weakness
Candidates’ weaknesses were revealed in the three sections of the paper. These weaknesses included:
- Lack of expression to carry through their ideas;
- Poor understanding of the passages and questions;
- Inability to construct meaningful sentences;
- Provision of answers that have no relationship to the questions;
- Inability to re-state in the candidate’s own words, ideas contained in a passage;
- Mindless lifting of portions of the set passages as answers;
- Inability to replace words as used in the passage.
Suggested Remedies
Candidates should:
- Candidates should learn the basic grammatical structures of English Language.
- Candidates should acquaint themselves with the techniques for answering questions.
- Candidates should learn the formal features of the various composition i.e. informal letter, formal letter, article, speech and story writing.
- Candidates should inculcate the habit of reading wide with a view to improving their vocabulary.
- Candidates should practise essay writing regularly.
- Candidates should understand the demands of questions before answering them.