THE TIPS IN THIS SECTION ARE BASED ON REVIEWS OF CANDIDATES ANSWER SSCRIPTSIN VARIOUS EXAMINATIONS AND CHIEF EXAMINERS REPORTS.
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English language is a subject you must pass if your overall success in post primary exit examination is to have value. If you pass other subjects and fail English Language, it is as good as having failed the examination.
A pass in English is an essential requirement for admission into any higher institution irrespective of the course of study, be it Medicine, Engineering, Law, the Arts or the Sciences. In this regard, the English language paper is very important to you.
The major areas of weaknesses of almost all students as identified in various public examinations include content, organization, expression and mechanical accuracy.
You must first understand the question by reading carefully. In one examination paper, candidates were asked to narrate an INCIDENT to a close friend. Many candidates misinterpreted this to mean that he was involved in an ACCIDENT!
Revision points should include how to:
- Develop paragraphs carefully and link them up logically
- Avoid mother-tongue translation of English by improving reading habit in order to improve quality of vocabulary.
- Punctuate sentences carefully.
- Be accurate in spelling.
