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WAEC GCE English Language Expo Answers 2017 | Complete Essay Expo Questions

WAEC GCE English Language Expo Answers 2017 | Complete Essay Expo Questions

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WAEC GCE English Language Expo Answers 2017 | Complete Essay Expo Questions

WAEC 2017 English Expo Site Crew | Presently, WAEC GCE English Language Answers is now available for students who registered for the upcoming examination. Currently, WAEC GCE 2017 English language Questions is here for those good students looking for past questions and answers online. As a matter of fact, this is a verified answers for WAEC 2017 OBJ, Theory, Essay and Test of Oral English which was written last year.


On the other hand, WAEC GCE 2017 English language answers is usually very long becuase questions usually comes in either comprehension, essays and letter writing. WAEC english 2017 literature is not currently on this page, but you can use the search box on this website to look for it

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Question 1

Write a letter to your friend in another school giving him/her three reasons why your school has been excelling in academic work.

Observation No. 1 Answers

In the first place, the candidate is required to write a letter to his/her friend in another school giving three reasons why his/her school has been excelling in academic work. As a matter of fact, this was the most popular question and many candidates handled it well. Above all, they were able to highlight many good reasons.  Please Note that however, some candidates could not give reasons that are relevant to academic work and some gave reasons why they, and not the school, had been excelling in this aspect

Question 2

Write an article suitable for publication in a national newspaper on the topic: The importance of national sports festivals.

Observation to No. 2 Answers

The candidate is required to write an article for publication in a national newspaper on the importance of national sports festivals. This was not a popular question and many of those who attempted it did not demonstrate an understanding of the topic. Some candidates who attempted it dwelt on the definition of a national sports festival and lost sight of its importance.

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Question 3

‘The School Hero’ is an award meant for the student considered to have exhibited exemplary leadership qualities. As the Senior Prefect, write a letter to the Head of your school, giving three reasons why your nominee should be given the award.

Observation to No. 3 Answers

This was quite a popular question. Many candidates who attempted it were able to give convincing reasons to support their nominees. They listed many good leadership qualities which their nominees possessed. Many of them were able to substantiate their points with relevant instances in which these qualities were displayed by their nominees. Some candidates, on the other hand, could not advance good and convincing reasons why their nominee should be given the award.

Question 4

You are the main speaker in a debate on the topic: ‘Students in rural schools have more advantages than those in the urban centres’. Write your arguments for or against the motion.

Observation to No. 4 Answers

This was not a very popular question. Many of the candidates who chose this question seemed to have a firm grip on the topic. Most candidates who tackled it were able to give, at least, three points in support of their stand.

Question 5

Write a story ending with the statement: We apologised to each other and made up.

Observation to No. 5 Answers

This was not a popular question and many of those who attempted it ended up writing long and irrelevant stories which did not show that they understood the expression.  They just tagged on the expression at the end of their story. Also, many candidates muddled up the tenses in the course of the narration. Candidates should be taught that in storytelling, the tense used should be the past.

Question 5

COMPREHENSION PASSAGE

Observation to No. 5 Answers

The passage was interesting and didactic. The subject matter was within the experience and grasp of the candidates and the information required for answering content questions correctly was very clear in the passage. Generally, there was a noticeable improvement in the performance of candidates in this section.

Question 6

SUMMARY

Observation to No. 6 Answers

The passage was interesting and straight forward and candidates were required to read it and summarize in a given number of sentences, details in the passage. Some candidates were able to do this but it was obvious that a lot of them had problems separating main ideas from details as they merely lifted whole sentences and sometimes, whole paragraphs from the passage. It was also observed that some candidates used preambles that when taken with the rest of each answer, did not make sentences.

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General Comments

The standard of the paper compares very well with those of previous years. The composition section tested various writing skills: letter, article, debate and creative writing. The subject for every topic was within the experience and competence of the candidates.
Generally, there was significant improvement in candidates’ performance.

Candidates’ Weaknesses and Suggested Remedies

The weaknesses are same as those listed in this section every year. They include:
  1. Meanwhile, insufficient material to develop chosen essay topic;
  2. Afterwords, wrong use of tenses and number;
  3. Also, lack of familiarity with the written word;
  4. Similarly, inability to restate in the candidate’s own words, ideas contained in a passage;
  5. Likewise, inability to identify parts of speech and how they function in sentences;
  6. Not to mention that ignorance of common literary terms;
  7. Another, mindless lifting of portions of the set passages as answers;
  8. Finally, use of text message abbreviations “u” for “you”, “c” for “see”, etc.

WAEC GCE English Language Expo Answers 2017 | Complete Essay Expo Questions

SUGGESTED REMEDIES

Furthermore, Candidates should do the following:

  1. First of all, learn the basic grammatical structures of the English Language;
  2. Secondly, inculcate the habit of reading widely with a view to improving their vocabulary;
  3. Also, converse regularly in simple, correct English;
  4. Equally important, practice essay writing regularly;
  5. Generally speaking, Choose topics for which they have sufficient material;
  6. On the other hand, Understand the demands of questions before answering them
  7. Afterwords, learn to restate answers in their own words.
Schools should ensure that:
  1. Similarly, Only qualified teachers  teach this subject;
  2. Above all, Class sizes are not unwieldy;
  3. In addition to giving their students assignments frequently, teachers also  mark such assignments in order to help students identify and correct their mistakes;
  4. Finally, Teachers are exposed to workshops and seminars that would keep them abreast of global best practices in the teaching of the English Language.


Candidates’ Strength

All things considered, most candidates handled the formal features of letters properly and adhered to the prescribed number of words.

Conclusion

Finally, in order to overcome the weaknesses reported, candidates must begin to regard English Language as a subject to be studied like any other subject and schools should strive to expose them to good teaching.





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