English Paper 2 WASSCE (SC), 2018

  1. CANDIDATES’ WEAKNESSES

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 some questions attempted;
  4. inability to construct simple and correct sentences;
  5. wrong use of the first person pronoun “I”;
  6. writing below the required number of words on the essay topics;
  7. illegible handwriting;
  8. use of SMS language such as “u” for you; “4” for for
  9. spelling errors;
  10. wrong use of the word “cause” instead of “because”, “there” for “their”;
  11. poor knowledge of the basic rules of English grammar;  
  12. mindless lifting of answers from the passage;
  13. inability to restate in the candidate’s own words, ideas contained in the passage.

 

 

  1. SUGGESTED REMEDIES

Candidates should:

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