Candidates' Weaknesses

The Chief Examiner reported the following as some of the weaknesses of the candidates:

• poor tenses;
• bad punctuation;
• writing out of context;
• violation of rubric on the required length of essay.

Suggested Remedies

To remedy the observed weaknesses, the Chief Examiner suggested that:

• candidates should ensure that they read the general instructions of the paper before attempting the questions.
• candidates should endeavour to read simple French stories, magazines and journals and also listen to French programmes so as to improve their communication skills.