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This page is for you if you’re taking the upcoming UTME (Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination) and require the Jamb English outline topics to read in order to prepare for the Jamb Examination;
Steps to perform before acquiring the 2023/2024 Jamb Form include choosing a course and conducting course research.
Then, check the course’s Jamb subject combination. If English is one of the subject combinations, you are good to go. Otherwise, look out the O’level requirements for the course. (NOTE: ALL CANDIDATES WRITING THE UTME MUST USE ENGLISH.)
General Objective of the 2023–2024 Jamb English Syllabus.
The goals of the UTME syllabus for 2023–2024 are not only to serve as general recommendations but also to guarantee your admission for the current academic year.
• Have a solid linguistic foundation for tertiary-level learning; • Effectively communicate in both written and spoken English.
2023–2024 Jamb Use of English Syllabus Comprehension/Summary
• description \s• narration \s• exposition \s• argumentation/persuasion
I The four passages that will be assigned, one of which will be a cloze test, should each reflect different disciplines and be about 400 words long.
(ii) Questions based on texts will assess:
(a) Understanding all or a portion of each passage.
(b) Understanding of the words, phrases, clauses, sentences, idioms, and figures of speech utilized in the sections.
(b) Logical reasoning and coherence (deductions, inferences, etc)
(c) Integration of the passages’ ideas
(2.1) Lexis and Script
• synonyms \s• antonyms\s• homonyms
• Phrase and clause constructions
• Word categories and their purposes
• punctuation and spelling • mood, tense, aspect, number, agreement/concord, degree (positive, comparative, and superlative), and question tags
• The test will include common usage (words used in their dictionary-defined or denotative sense), figurative usage (expressions used in nonliteral contexts), and idiomatic usage (expressions whose meanings cannot be inferred from the mere combination of individual words).
Oral Forms, 2.
• Rhymes • Consonants (including clusters) • Vowels (monophthongs and diphthongs) (homophones)
• Pressure (word, sentence and emphatic)
• Recommended Textbook for the Intonation Jamb English Syllabus 2023/2024
University Matriculation Use of English, Obinna, M. F. 2001 (Fourth Edition) The Sunray Books Limited in Port Harcourt
• Countdown English Language, (Revised Edition), Ibadan: Evans; Ogunsanwo, O. Duruaku, A. B. C; Ezechukwu, J; and Nwachukwu, U. I.
The Silent Teacher, Ado-Ekiti: Segun and Sons Enterprises, Olatoye, S. (2006).
• Oluikpe, B. O. A., nnaemeka, B. A., Obah, T. Y., Otagburuagu, E. J., Onuigbo, S., and Ogbonna, E. A. Intensive English for Senior Secondary School 3, Onitsha: Africana – FIRST Publisher, 1998.
Objective Tests for School Certificate English: Practice in Lexis, Structure, and Idiom (Reprinted Edition), S. H. O. Tomori, Ibadan: Heinemann, 2000
• Catch-up English for SSCE/UME, C. Ukwuegbu, O. Okoro, A. U. Idris, F. O. Okebukola, and C. O. Owokade, 2002, Ibadan: Heinemann
Oral English for Schools and Colleges, Ibadan: Heinemann, Elugbe, B. 2000.
• Jowitt, D.; Grant, N. J. H.; Nnamonu, S. (1998) Senior English Project 3 (New Edition) Longman: Harlow
• Round-up English: A Complete Guide, by Idowu, O. O., Sogbeson, T. S., Adofo, A. K., Burgess, D. F., and Burgess, L. J., Lagos: Longman, 1998
Oral English at Your Fingertips for Schools and Colleges, U. Idris (2001), M. Youngbrain Publishers, Lagos
Grammar and Composition in the GSM Age, by E. C. Igiligi and S. O. Ogenyi (2010) Joe Hills Production Services, Enugu
2013’s Oral English for Schools and Colleges: A Teaching and Learning Approach by L. B. Jauro Paraclete Publishers, Yola.
• Jowitt, D. and Nnamonu, S. (1989), Common English Mistakes, Longman Lagos
Practice in Spoken English for Intermediate and Advanced Learners, Attah, M. O. (2013) University of Maiduguri Press, Maiduguri
English Lexis and Structure for Senior Secondary Schools and Colleges (Revised Edition), Bamgbose, A. 2002, Ibadan: Heinemann
• Banjo, A. et al., New Oxford Secondary English Course Book Six for Senior Secondary Schools, Ibadan: UP Plc.
Essential Oral English for Schools and Colleges, by O. J. Caesar, 2003 Tonad Publishers Limited, Lagos
• Daniel Jones (2011), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary
• Mastering English Usage and Communication Skills, D. I. Egbe (1996) Tisons, Lagos
