Candidates' Weakness

The Chief Examiners reported the following as some of the weaknesses of the candidates:

• none adherence to rubrics
• poor tenses;
• writing out of context;
• poor understanding of questions attempted.

SUGGESTED REMEDIES

To remedy the observed weaknesses, the Chief Examiners suggested that:

• candidates should ensure that they read the general instructions of the paper before attempting the questions.
• candidates should always read and understand questions well before attempting them.
• candidates should endeavour to read simple French stories, magazines and journals and also listen to French programmes so as to improve their communication skills.