Speed Development And Accuracy Skills JSS2 Business Studies Lesson Note

TOPIC: SPEED DEVELOPMENT AND ACCURACY SKILLS

Speed development and accuracy as only possible through a rhythm in typewriting.

Rhythm means the striking of keys with the same time interval between strokes.

The greatest advantage of typing by rhythm is that the typists can afford greater accuracy in work.

Alphabetic sentence drills.

1. Type the following exercises in double line spacing:

a s d f g j I k h q w e r t p o l u y z x c v b / ; m n 1 2 3 4 5  0 9 8 7 6.

2. Ask pad jyj lkn dpn dnd sop abc dep figure drill. (type in double line spacing)                                                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

1 3 5 7 9 0 8 6 4 2

3. Left margin ii, right margin 97 = pica

Left margin 20, right margin 79 = elite

You are required to type each sentence four times using single line spacing

1. The bag was full of eggs
2. Bintu refused to eat snacks during break.
3.   You must plan to succeed
4. Visit a dentist once a year
5. Have your bath twice daily
6.  Early to bed, early to rise
7. Look before you leap
8. Make hay when the sun shines
9.  Success is a product of good time planning

(If errors are more than ten pages, type the exercise again for better mastery)

One-line sentence drills

The essence of one-line sentence drills is for the typist to type a sentence on a line before proceeding to the next one.

Exercise 1: you are required to type the following sentences, one on each line three times using single line spacing.

Margin – pica 10 & 70

Elite 12 & 80

1.       You must encourage your family to pray together
2.       A stitch in time save nine
3.       Baby is a gift from almighty God.
4.       Life requires thorough preparation
5.     Success is a product of hard work.
6.       Primary health care is good for your village
7.     Free Medicare for logicians- congratulations
8.     Benin City is the home of culture and heritage
9.       Failing to plan is planning to fail
10.       Panadol is recommended for body pains.

SPEED AND ACCURACY

Speed and accuracy enable typists to identify the number of words he/she can type per minute and the errors made while typing.

Some of the errors committed while typing are:

v  Errors of omission of a letter or words

v  Mistyping or over-typing

v  Error of addition of a letter/ word

v  Incorrect punctuation

v  Incorrect indentation, spacing, and incorrect alignment of a letter

At the end of a page or exercise given circle the errors and count. If the error exceeds ten, it is advisable to repeat the exercise.

SPEED

Nnamdi, who is from the eastern part of Nigeria refused a scholarship to further his education at the university. According to him, it is more profitable to serve as an apprentice under the tutelage of his father for three years and be on his own thereafter.