JAMB Syllabus for English Language
JAMB Syllabus for English Language
The aim of the 2018 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: "In Dependence" by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
(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
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