Candidate's Weakness
The Chief Examiners reported the following as some of the weaknesses of the candidates:
- Commission of grammatical mistakes
- use of wrong tenses;
- spelling errors;
- bad punctuation;
- wrong usage of capital and small letter;.
Suggested Remedies
To remedy the observed weaknesses, the Chief Examiners suggested that:
- Teachers of French should place a lot of emphasis on the teaching of grammar.
- Students should be encouraged to read French stories, magazines and journals so as to improve their vocabulary.