Candidate's Weakness
Candidates’ weaknesses include:
- Lack of proper understanding of some essay topics, e. g. Some candidates wrote of occupants in their residential houses rather than focusing on describing the house.
- Lack of exposure to selected Literature texts (Oral and Written).
- Poor orthography e.g. dotting of letters, poor use of tone marks.
- Inability to write correct Yoruba words and correct spelling of terms;
- Lack of in-depth knowledge of the set texts;
- Illegible handwriting;
- Writing only the pros and neglecting the cons of an argumentative essay.
- Lack of in-depth knowledge of the phonological and grammatical aspects of the subject.
- SUGGESTED REMEDIES
- Cooperation on the part of parents and candidates in the teaching and learning of the subject, especially through the procurement of literature and language textbooks.
- Candidates should imbibe the habit of using the school and public libraries.
- Candidates should imbibe the habit of studying the set texts thoroughly.
- Candidates should equip themselves with the rudiments of the language and the correct usage of punctuation marks.
- Candidates should use appropriate tone marks since Yoruba is a tonal language.
- Candidates should give special attention to the identified weaknesses in preparation for the examination.
- Candidates should endeavour to write legibly to avoid losing marks, especially in essay writing.