Candidate's Strengths

Many candidates:

1. demonstrated adherence to rubrics;
2. showed remarkable improvement in their knowledge of the formal features of essay writing;
3. showed improvement in answering comprehension qustions;
4. were able to identify the figure of speech used in question 6(f);
5. were able to state the grammatical name and its function of the expression used in Question 6(g);
6. showed improvement in their vocabulary as they were able to give correct alternatives to the lexical items given in Question 6(h).