School Certificate English Comprehension and Summary Guides
₦2,250.00
English Language is arguably the most crucial school subject in our institutions of learning. It is the key to the mastery of other subjects at the school certificate level, and its mastery is a sine qua non to good performance in other subjects. Yet, it is the most problematic stumbling block against students’ success in certificate examinations. The cause is in students’ poor mastery of the rubrics of the language.
Answering comprehension and summary exercises at the school certificate level is guided by certain principles which apply under different circumstances. Most students fail English Language examinations because they lack mastery of these guiding principles. In order to perform well in comprehension and summary tests, it is essential to understand these guiding principles.
The authors discuss the meanings and the nature of comprehension and summary and spell out their problem areas. Several tests are designed in tandem with those presented in the school certificate examinations (WAEC, NECO and other similar public examination bodies). All these are carefully treated in Part Two and Part Three of the book. If students can master the steps discussed in this book, and all the tests are carefully attempted, the authors can guarantee perfect performance in any of the examinations.
The authors are seasoned language experts with years of experience in the teaching and learning of the language both at the secondary and at the tertiary levels.
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English Language is arguably the most crucial school subject in our institutions of learning. It is the key to the mastery of other subjects at the school certificate level, and its mastery is a sine qua non to good performance in other subjects. Yet, it is the most problematic stumbling block against students’ success in certificate examinations. The cause is in students’ poor mastery of the rubrics of the language.
Answering comprehension and summary exercises at the school certificate level is guided by certain principles which apply under different circumstances. Most students fail English Language examinations because they lack mastery of these guiding principles. In order to perform well in comprehension and summary tests, it is essential to understand these guiding principles.
The authors discuss the meanings and the nature of comprehension and summary and spell out their problem areas. Several tests are designed in tandem with those presented in the school certificate examinations (WAEC, NECO and other similar public examination bodies). All these are carefully treated in Part Two and Part Three of the book. If students can master the steps discussed in this book, and all the tests are carefully attempted, the authors can guarantee perfect performance in any of the examinations.
The authors are seasoned language experts with years of experience in the teaching and learning of the language both at the secondary and at the tertiary levels.
