Use of English Syllabus for JAMB 2022/2023 (PDF Download)

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Jamb English Syllabus 2022/2023

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JAMB English Syllabus is to prepare candidates for JAMB Examination. It contains topics as well as subtopics which students are to study for their JAMB Examination. The aim of this syllabus is to help student prepare for their examination and to test the achievement of the course objectives.  The course objectives include:

• Communicate effectively in both written and spoken English;
• Have a sound linguistic basis for learning at the tertiary level.

Jamb Use of English Syllabus 2022/2023

1) Comprehension / Summary

• description
• narration
• exposition
• argumentation/persuasion

(i) Each of the four passages to be set (one will be a cloze test) should reflect various disciplines and be about 400 words long.
(ii) Questions on 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) Synthesis of ideas from the passages

(2.1) Lexis and Structure

• synonyms
• antonyms
• homonyms
• clause and sentence patterns
• word classes and their functions
• mood, tense, aspect, number, agreement/concord, degree (positive, comparative and superlative) and question tags
• punctuation and spelling
• ordinary usage (words in their denotative or dictionary sense), figurative usage (expressions used in ways other than literal) and idiomatic usage (expressions whose meanings cannot be determined through a mere combination of individual words) are to be tested.

(2.2) Oral Forms

• Vowels (monophthongs and diphthongs
• Consonants (including clusters)
• Rhymes (homophones)
• Stress (word, sentence and emphatic)
• Intonation

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Jamb English Syllabus 2022/2023 Recommended Textbook

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