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THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF PAKISTAN EXAMINERS’ COMMENTS
SUBJECT Functional English General Remarks:
SESSION Foundation Examination - Spring 2008
The overall remarks expressed by all the examiners were that the Paper was rather easy as it purported to assess the basic understanding of grammar, vocabulary and written business communication skills. The salient aspects of the students’ performance in the various questions are described in the followings paragraphs: Q.1 (a) This question was designed to test the knowledge of vocabulary. The performance was unsatisfactory due to lack of exposure to quality reading material. It may be mentioned that a good vocabulary is inextricably linked with regular reading habits acquired over a period of time. Most of the students indulged in guesswork and consequently lost marks. The performance in the question regarding identification of the meanings of the idioms was quite satisfactory and a number of the students were able to score passing grades.
(b)
Q.2
(a)
This question pertaining to homonyms posed problems for a large majority of the students. These students were unable to differentiate the meanings of words affect and effect and principle and principal. The performance in the question on antonyms was below the mark and guesswork was observed in most of the replies. The students were unaware of the meaning of words such as exalted, fallow and contaminated which are so commonly used in newspaper articles and discussions on various TV programs.
(b)
Q.3
(a)
Replies to this question of eight marks were generally satisfactory as the students were able to decipher the jumbled phrases and come up with logically correct sentences. Only in sub-part (ii), the number of errors was quite high. Most of the students structured the sentence as “People of all professions went to him at his dispensary for medical treatment”. Instead, the correct answer was “People of all professions went to him...
SUBJECT Functional English General Remarks:
SESSION Foundation Examination - Spring 2008
The overall remarks expressed by all the examiners were that the Paper was rather easy as it purported to assess the basic understanding of grammar, vocabulary and written business communication skills. The salient aspects of the students’ performance in the various questions are described in the followings paragraphs: Q.1 (a) This question was designed to test the knowledge of vocabulary. The performance was unsatisfactory due to lack of exposure to quality reading material. It may be mentioned that a good vocabulary is inextricably linked with regular reading habits acquired over a period of time. Most of the students indulged in guesswork and consequently lost marks. The performance in the question regarding identification of the meanings of the idioms was quite satisfactory and a number of the students were able to score passing grades.
(b)
Q.2
(a)
This question pertaining to homonyms posed problems for a large majority of the students. These students were unable to differentiate the meanings of words affect and effect and principle and principal. The performance in the question on antonyms was below the mark and guesswork was observed in most of the replies. The students were unaware of the meaning of words such as exalted, fallow and contaminated which are so commonly used in newspaper articles and discussions on various TV programs.
(b)
Q.3
(a)
Replies to this question of eight marks were generally satisfactory as the students were able to decipher the jumbled phrases and come up with logically correct sentences. Only in sub-part (ii), the number of errors was quite high. Most of the students structured the sentence as “People of all professions went to him at his dispensary for medical treatment”. Instead, the correct answer was “People of all professions went to him...