GCE Advanced Level - StudyGuide.PK

The practice of copying out full questions verbatim on answer sheets should be discouraged, as this wastesa considerable amount of candidates’ time. All that is necessary is a clear indication of the number of thequestion attempted (for example, 1 or 3 (b) etc). Moreover, where two or three short stories are to becompared, as in Question 10, candidates need to be careful that their answer does not up take adisproportionate amount of time. This has happened in a few cases where candidates ran out of time andthus were unable to do justice to the last (fourth) question attempted.In general, candidate performance is likely to improve if they are taught to answer questions in a focusedmanner. They should analyse the requirements of the questions and address their answers accordingly.This will serve to save them time and improve the quality of their answers.48