New free Use of English Syllabus for JAMB UTME Entrance Examination into Tertiary Institutions from Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by Association of Tutorial School Operators (ATSO) available free download PDF-Schemeofwork.com
Comprehensive Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Tutorial Syllabus for Use of English.
UTME Use of English Syllabus for JAMB
It cover the official UTME syllabus topics for Use of English twenty-two (22) weeks tutorials plan. It provides the teachers/tutors with a comprehensive approach to covering the UTME curriculum and yet comprehensible topic outlines for the students. It enhances quality teaching for tutors and provides an all-inclusive learning scope and excellence-oriented drift for students.
| WEEK | SESSION TOPICS CONTENTS | OBJECTIVES |
| WEEK 1 | POSSESSIVE NOUNS GERUNDS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify and apply the usage rules of possessive nouns Identify and apply the usage rules of gerunds |
| WEEK 2 | COMMON ERRORS IN SPELLING COMPOUND WORDS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify errors in spellings Identify and apply the usage rules of compound words |
| WEEK 3 | SENTENCE INTERPRETATION ANTONYMNS & SYNONYMS I | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify and apply the usage rules of sentence interpretation Identify words and their antonyms and synonyms under the following; ordinary usage (words in their denotative or dictionary sense), figurative usage (expressions used in ways other than literal) |
| WEEK 4 | PHRASAL VERBS COMPREHENSION PASSAGE | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify and apply common phrasal verbs Identify and apply the answer rules of comprehension passages The passage to be test may fall under any of the following; (a) description (b) narration (c) exposition (d) argumentation/persuasion |
| WEEK 5 | RULES OF CONCORD NOUNS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify and apply the usage rules of concords Identify and apply the usage rules of nouns |
| WEEK 6 | PRONOUNS & PRONOMINALS PREPOSITIONS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify and apply the usage rules of pronominals Identify and apply the usage rules of prepositions |
| WEEK 7 | VERBS SILENT SOUNDS IN COMMON WORDS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify and apply the usage rules of verbs all inclusively Identify and determine the silent sounds in common English words |
| WEEK 8 | ANTONYMNS & SYNONYMS II STRESS PATTERNS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify words and their antonyms and synonyms under the following; ordinary usage (words in their denotative or dictionary sense), figurative usage (expressions used in ways other than literal) Identify stress and the patterns of stress |
| WEEK 9 | CLAUSES & PHRASES RHYMES | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify and apply the usage rules of clauses and phrases Identify and apply the usage rules of rhymes |
| WEEK 10 | PREPOSITION USAGE LAWS EMPHATIC STRESS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify and apply the usage rules of prepositions Identify and apply the usage rules of emphatic stress |
| WEEK 11 | FIGURES OF SPEECH CONJUCTIONS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify and determine figurative usage in sentences Identify and apply the usage rules of conjuctions |
| CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS | ||
| WEEK 12 | ADJECTIVES IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify and apply the order and usage rules of adjectives Identify and apply the usage rules of idiomatic expressions whose meanings cannot be determined through a mere combination of individual words) NOTE: Idioms to be tested will be those expressed in standard British English (i.e those with universal acceptability) |
| WEEK 13 | QUESTION TAGS COLLOCATIONS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify and apply the usage rules of question tags Examine collocations |
| WEEK 14 | SENTENCE & STRUCTURES COMPREHENSION PASSAGE | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify class of sentences and their structures Correctly answer comprehension passages |
| WEEK 15 | TENSES CLOZE PASSAGE | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify tenses Correctly apply coherency and technical associations when answering cloze passages |
| WEEK 16 | PARALELLISM (GRAMMATICAL CONSISTENCY) ARTICLES & DETERMINERS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify and apply the usage rules of parallelism Identify and apply the usage rules of determiners |
| WEEK 17 | ADVERBS UNCOMMON PLURALS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify and apply the order and usage rules of adverbs Identify and apply the usage rules of uncommon plurals of words |
| WEEK 18 | COMMON ERRORS IN SPELLING COMPOUND WORDS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify error in spellings Identify and apply the usage rules of grammatical compounds |
| WEEK 19 | COMPARISON SENTENCE CLASSIFICATION AND STRUCTURES | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify and apply the usage rules of comparative adjectives (positive, comparative, second degree and superlative) Identify sentence class and structures |
| WEEK 20 | ORAL ENGLISH: VOWELS(MONOPHTHONGS) MODAL AUXILLIARIES | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Correctly use and identify oral sounds (IPA standard) Identify and apply the usage rules of modal auxiliary verbs |
| WEEK 21 | ORAL ENGLISH: VOWELS (DIPHTHONGS & TRIPHS.) HOMOPHONES & HOMONYMS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Identify homophones and homonyms Correctly use and identify oral sounds (IPA standard) |
| WEEK 22 | ORAL ENGLISH: VOWELS(CONSONANTS) PUNCTUATIONS | At the end of this topic(s), tutorial students are expected to know how to; Correctly use and identify oral sounds (IPA standard) Identify and apply the usage rules of punctuations |
References
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB IBASS website, Nigeria
https://ibass.jamb.gov.ng/syllabus
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