General Integrated English Literature Guidelines

Introduction to English Literature

The teaching and learning of English as a second language entail that a learner does a lot of practice in the four key areas:

• Listening
• Speaking
• Reading
• Writing

Therefore, a diagnostic approach to establishing a learner’s problems must be carefully made. All of us will agree that if one must learn swimming then it means that, the swimming candidate should be ready to step in the water and practice the learning of English entails that one is exposed to the language fully

A candidate preparing to sit for the K.C.S.E exams must have mastery of the following:

• Grammar
• Listening and Speaking
• Reading
• Writing

Guides to English Paper Paper 1

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ENGLISH PAPER 101/1 FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

English Literature Section 1

• E- mail + CV                                                                       
• Minutes                                                              
• Internal memo                                                 
• Book review                                                      
• Confidential report + Email                       
• Recipe                                                                 
• Internal memo                                                 
• Speech + Email                                               
• Fax                                                                        
• Book review                                                      
• Instructions/ directions                
• Internal memo                 

English Literature Section 2

Section A – unseen text

Section B – comprehension:-

• Question 2 – an excerpt from one of the compulsory texts

Section C

• Question 3 – literary appreciation
• Poems
• Oral narratives
• Grammar – question 4
• English Literature Section 3

Section A – unseen text

Section B – comprehension:-

• Question 2 – an excerpt from one of the compulsory texts

Section C

• Question 3 – literary appreciation
• Poems
• Oral narratives
• Grammar – QUESTION 4

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