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Jamb English Syllabus 2019 (check Signature) by audreydiva(f): 11:47pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
English Language Syllabus from JAMB
The aim of the 2019 JAMB Use of English Syllabus for Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME), is to prepare the candidates for the
Board's examination. It is designed to test their achievement of the
course objectives, which are to:
1. demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the concepts of the diversity
interdependence and unity of life;
2. account for continuity of life through reorganization, inheritance
and evolution;
3. apply biological principles and concepts to everyday life, especially
to matters affecting living things, individual, society, the environment,
community health and the economy.
A. Comprehension/
Summary
Topics:
(a) description
(b) narration
(c) exposition
(d) argumentation/persuasion
(i) Each of the three passages to be set (one will be a cloze test)
should reflect various disciplines and be about 200 words long.
(ii) Questions on the passages will test the following:
(a) Comprehension of the whole or part of each passage.
(b) Comprehension of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, figures of
speech and idioms as used in the passages.
(c) Coherence and logical reasoning (deductions, inferences, etc).
(d) Novels to be Read:
(i.) UTME Candidates: “Sweet Sixteen” by Bolaji Abdullahi
(ii.) DE Candidates: The Last Days at Forcados High School, A. H.
Mohammed .
(e) Synthesis of ideas from the passages.
NOTE:
By synthesis of ideas is meant the art of combining distinct or
separate pieces of information to form a complete whole.
Objectives:
Candidates should be able to:
i. identify main points/topic sentences in passages;
ii. determine implied meaning;
iii. identify the grammatical functions of words, phrases, clauses and
figurative/idiomatic expressions;
iv. deduce or infer the writer's intentions including mood, attitude to
the subject matter and opinion.
B. Lexis and Structure
Topics:
(a) synonyms
(b) antonyms
(c) homonyms
(d) clause and sentence patterns
(e) word classes and their functions
(f) mood, tense, aspect, number, agreement/concord, degree
(positive, comparative and superlative) and question tags
(g) punctuation and spelling
(h) ordinary usage, figurative usage and idiomatic usage are to be
tested.
NOTE:
Idioms to be tested shall be those that are formal and expressed in
standard British English.
Objectives:
Candidates should be able to:
i. identify words and expressions in their ordinary, figurative and
idiomatic contexts;
ii. determine similar and opposite meaning of words;
iii. differentiate between correct and incorrect punctuation and
spelling;
iv. identify various grammatical patterns in use;
v. interpret information conveyed in sentences.
C. Oral Forms
Topics:
(a) Vowels (monophthongs and diphthongs
(b) Consonants (including clusters)
(c) Rhymes (including homophones)
(d) Word stress (monosyllabic and polysyllabic)
(e) Intonation (words emphatic stress)
NOTE:
Emphatic stress involves the placement of normal stress on words in
an utterance for the purpose of emphasis.
Objectives:
Candidates should be able to:
i. make distinctions between vowel types;
ii. differentiate between consonant types;
iii. identify correct accentuation in individual words and connected
speech.
THE STRUCTURE OF THE
EXAMINATION
SECTION A: Comprehension/
Summary
Topics:
(a) 2 comprehension passages - 10 questions, 3 marks each = 30
marks
(b) I cloze passage - 10 questions, 2 marks each = 20 marks
(c) 1 reading text - 15 questions, 1 mark each = 15 marks = 65 marks
SECTION B: Lexis Structure
Topics:
(a) Sentence interpretation - 10 questions, 2 marks each = 20 marks
(b) Antonyms - 10 questions, 2 marks each = 20 marks
(c) Synonyms - 10 questions, 1 mark each = 10 marks
(d) Sentence completion - 20 questions, 1 mark each = 20 marks = 70
marks
SECTION C: Oral Forms
Topics:
15 questions, 1 mark each = 15 marks
Total: 100 questions 65 + 70 + 15 = 150 marks
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