Candidate's Weakness

Candidates’ weaknesses include:

1. Lack of proper understanding of some essay topics, some of them failed to write on the topics they chose while some of them did not write their points in sequential order. For instance, those who wrote on the topic ‘Ilé kan tí mo gbé rí’ could not describe the house as it was expected of them. Instead, they laid emphasis on their experiences in the house.
2. Lack of exposure to selected Literature texts (Oral and Written)
3. Poor orthography e.g. dotting of letters, inappropriate use of tone marks.
4. Inability to write correct spelling of terms in Yoruba.
5. Lack of in-depth knowledge of the phonological aspect of the subject. Many of the candidates performed woefully in their attempt to describe consonant sounds.
6. Inability to identify main verbs in sentences.

Suggested Remedies

1. Teaching of the subject by dedicated, competent and motivated teachers;
2. Cooperation on the part of the candidates in the learning of the subject, especially through the procurement of literature and language textbooks;
3. Candidates should imbibe the habit of using the public Library;
4. Candidates should study the set texts thoroughly;
5. Candidates should utilize their time well so that part of the time allocated to this paper could be used to read through their work so as to correct some of their common mistakes in spelling and the use of punctuation marks.
6. Candidates should equip themselves with the knowledge and correct usage of punctuation marks;
7. Candidates should use appropriate tone marks, since Yoruba is a tonal language;
8. Candidates should give special attention to the identified weaknesses in preparation for the examination.