General 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, translation of vernacular into English ;


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. poor knowledge of functions of clauses;


8. illegible handwriting;


9. spelling errors;


10. poor knowledge of the basic rules of English grammar;


11. indiscriminate lifting of answers from the passage.

 

 

SUGGESTED REMEDIES

Candidates should:

1. endeavour to improve on their vocabulary and grammar in English Language through extensive reading;


2. learn the basic grammatical structures of English Language;


3. take time to understand the exact demands of questions before attempting to answer them;


4. draw up an outline to organise their thoughts before writing their essays;


5. read through their work to correct spelling and grammatical errors before submitting their scripts;


6. practise essay writing constantly;


7. converse frequently in simple and correct English expressions.