English Paper 2 WASSCE (PC), 2017

Candidate's Weakness and Remedies

 

The weaknesses observed include:

  1. poor paragraphing;
  2. poor expression as a result of wrong concord, poor punctuation marks, wrong use of tenses, poor use of prepositions and articles;
  3. failure to grasp the requirements and demands of the questions attempted;
  4. inability to construct simple and correct sentences;
  5. wrong use of the first person pronoun “I”;
  6. poor vocabulary and organization of thoughts;
  7. writing below the required number of words on the essay topics;
  8. illegible handwriting;
  9. spelling errors;
  10. poor knowledge of the basic rules of English grammar;  
  11. mindless lifting of answers from the passage;
  12. use of text message abbreviations such as “u” for “you” “d” for “the”, “ur” for “your” etc.

SUGGESTED REMEDIES

Candidates should:

  1. endeavour to improve on their vocabulary and grammar in English Language through extensive reading;
  2. take time to understand the exact demands of questions before attempting to answer them;
  3. draw up an outline to organise their thoughts before writing their essays;
  4. read through their work to correct spelling and grammatical mistakes before submitting their scripts;
  5. practise essay writing constantly;
  6. converse regularly in simple and correct English expressions.