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WHY STUDENTS FAIL IN ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPREHENSION) IN CSS

WHY STUDENTS FAIL IN ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPREHENSION) IN CSS

Dear students,
Every year about 10,000 students appear in CSS exams but almost 75-80 % students fail in English (Précis  & Comprehension). Most of them prepare hard for the exams but being unaware of the expectations of the examiner, unknowingly commit some common mistakes, which lead to their failure.
I strongly believe, if students know about these common mistakes and work on their grey areas, they can easy get through the English (Précis & Comprehension) paper.
For this, I would like to quote the remarks and observations of FPSC examiners on the performance of CSS students in English (Précis and Comprehension). I hope this will help the students
The Examiners have made the following observations on the candidates' performance on English (Précis & Composition):” The Précis writing ability of the candidates was poor. Some basic mistakes related to not writing in third person or past tense, capitalization, punctuations and spellings. A significant majority did not have the command over syntax, phraseology or etymology of words. There were also issues of first language interference. About 8894 (92%) candidates could not pass the said paper. The Examiner underlined that it was imperative to communicate to the institutions of higher education to take appropriate measures to enhance English language proficiency at the graduate level. “
So, what are these common grey areas where students make mistakes?
1.    Punctuation and capitalization
2.    Spellings
3.    English Syntax
4.    The art of paraphrasing
5.    Vocabulary


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