Guidelines to Revising English 101/1 English Paper 1 Oral Skills
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Guidelines to Revising English 101/1 English Paper 1 Oral Skills
Oral skills in 101/1 English Paper 1 This forms the bulk of the English paper one and candidates must strive to collect all the marks available here. Many questions here do not require crammed responses since they are mostly functional applications. The learner must be keen on the different contexts provided by the question and then give appropriate responses specific to the contexts. Generally the area tests listening and speaking skills of a learner.The following areas are tested. Read widely on them. 1. Pronunciation in English 101/1 Paper 1 English sounds. (vowels and consonants)- The letter vs the sound. Words with similar pronunciations.(Homophones) Words with more than one pronunciation to change meaning.They retain spelling but change sound and meaning. (Homographs) Onomatopoeia and ideophones Short and long vowel sounds Problematic sounds within meaningful contexts such as tongue twisters, songs and poems.The idea of minimal pairs. Stress and intonation Rhyme/rime in poetry Rhythm in poe…
