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8d) <b>muet result</b> - Google Blog Search | Blog Muet

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 11:12 PM PST

Assalamualaikum

Today I would like to briefly speak out of my opinion regarding MUET. Darn ! What is MUET? Its' Malaysian University English Test. I have taken this test as I was doing my Foundation TESL in UiTM Kuantan couple of years ago.


Yesterday I saw one of my lecturer stated that more than half of the students who're doing Foundation in Law failed to gain band 4 in MUET and it is one of the requirement for the students to further their studies in higher level IF they wanted to study LAW or TESL.

In my opinion... IN MY OPINION... you can't judge the students ability just with one TEST. Oh no! its FOUR test with speaking, listening, writing and reading. And another "Oh no!" because you can't be too stupid not to get band 4. Yea yea yea! Hell right! Getting band 4 is a piece of cake. Secret recipe cake I guess? Or my future fountain wedding cake? *yummy*

To be honest, my MUET result did not enlighten my world. I can still remember as I was sitting for the listening test. I was not feeling well. I kept coughing. I had fever at that time due to some hard work done for 2 weeks before that. I was too weak. Plus, my mom was not there at that moment. She was in Mekah for a couple of weeks. I coming out non stop and my face turned red as the cili padi. *spicy* I can see Yan looked at me and asked me either I'm doing good. Hey ! Do I need to tell this? The moment I felt my whole body is going to burst out? No no no.. MAJLIS PEPERIKSAAN MALAYSIA would not like to hear my story. They are only interested my with result. Is it their fault? Of course no. It is my fault. Totally my fault. For not taking care of myself. it is MY FAULT. No doubt !!!

Because of MUET, my TESL's friends went studying separately. Around of applause for those who managed to pursue their bachelor in TESL education. *tepuk amoi-amoi amai-amai*

There was one friend I still wonder what is he doing at this moment. He was quite brilliant. But I am not sure if he managed to continue his study or he stops just right there. *one story telling*

There were also my friends who were very fluent in English. Can't beat them. My english is too simple. I don't really have bombastic words cause I will always forget. *ka-ching* They were very fluent and speak better English but they do not have the chance to study TESL.

So, for those who have the ambition of studying Foundation in TESL or LAW. Prepare yourself from now on. Everything is going to be your responsibility. And your luck. Seriously? Luck? It is actually the will of God.

And MUET, for sending me to UiTM KBM (kota bandaraya Melaka) and MSU (Management and Science University). I should thank you and hug you tighly. *xoxo*

InshaaAllah... The best plan, is the plan of GOD
Allah s.w.t
The One and Only God.
Allahuakbar !

♥ SYUKRAN FOR READING ! ♥

Dr Habibullah Pathan is Director of English Language Development <b>...</b>

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 07:40 AM PST

Written by | February 10, 2014 |

Dr Habibullah Pathan is Director of English Language Development Centre (ELDC) of MUET, Jamshoro. He has honor of being first PhD in the field of Linguistics in the history of the University and youngest Director at MUET. He did his first Masters from University of Sindh and secured position.

After serving Mehran University as Lecturer for four years he was award full scholarship under FDP Program of MUET Jamshoro to complete his Masters and PhD in Linguistics from University of Glasgow UK. Dr Pathan came back to MUET Jamshoro after successful completion of his studies and joined as Director of ELDC.

He is not only serving MUET Jamshoro but also offering his expert service to various universities of Pakistan as expert selection board, board of studies and curriculum review committees. He is also a resource person at US Consulate, HEC and CERIC Mehran University. Dr Pathan has widely published his research in national and international journals of repute. Majority of his papers are published in ISI indexed Journals (Thomson Reuters Master list).

Dr Pathan has also been invited as keynote speaker at various conferences. At MUET, Dr Pathan is actively engaged into organizing interactive sessions for Mehranins some of his efforts are Mehran Youth Leadership Conference, Public Speaking Workshop etc. With the efforts of Dr Pathan MUET is starting first MS research program in field of Linguistics at ELDC which is a great achievement.

( Humans of MUET is proud to have Dr Pathan MUET, He is role model of many people , I (admin) follow him too ).

It's being informed you all that Shoaib Shaikh student of 14th Batch from Department of Civil Engineering MUET, along with his mother died in a car accident.
Its a request to you all please Recite Surah Ikhlaq for them.
May Almighty gives them the best place in Jannah. (AAMEEN)

A quick history of <b>MUET</b> - Around Us - Blogger - Blog Muet

A quick history of <b>MUET</b> - Around Us - Blogger

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 05:01 PM PST

A quick history of MUET

MUET is t he acronym for Malaysian University English Test, put into place in 1999 by Malaysian Examination Council (MEC), based in Selayang, Selangor. The paper contains four main parts, catering for all much needed communicative skills; listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Since its inception 15 years ago, a number of changes and tweaks had taken place to ensure MUET is kept relevant to the needs of the academia and industries.

In 2008, severa l big changes swept through the constructions of the subject that affects Listening, Reading and Writing. Gone are MCQ-based listening questions, so was summary and also long texts with fewer questions. In their places now are what we all see today which have stayed unchanged since the big sweep in 2008.

In February 2011, another big change took place - prior to that year, MUET exams only took place, in twice, July and November. But since that year, MUET exams can be taken thrice yearly; March, July and November.

It is interesting to note that today, MUET is the only public exam in school which charges RM100 (correct at the time of writing) per sitting in contrast with all the other free public exams.

To a number of universities, MUET band requirements are of utmost importance as the entry requirement for certain courses. For example, a minimum of band 4 is required for Law and Medicine courses, while other universities, exit requirements.

Which means, a student needs to achieve the min mum prof iciency band needed for the course before they can graduate. Hence, MUET exam can be considered as an integral part of any self-respecting Form 6, pre-university or university student.

Today, MUET plays a very important role as a yardstick to gauge the level of English proficiency among students and employers use MUET results to determine their future employee"s ability to communicate effectively in English.

Now let's look at the four papers in MUET that every candidate will sit for. In general, Speaking paper will be held ahead of Listening, Reading and Writing papers by about three weeks.

Listening (800/1)

This paper assess the ability to comprehend various types of oral text of varying length and level of complexity (content and language)

The following areas are tested: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation. Some of the possible genres are lecture, talk, discussion and news.

The format of the question includes MCQ, fill in the blanks and sentence completions.

Speaking (800/2)

This paper assess the ability to make individual presentations (2 minutes) and take part in group discussion (typically 10 minutes) on a wide range of contemporary issues.

The following areas are tested: accuracy,f luency, appropriacy, coherence and cohesion, use of language functions, managing a discussion and task fulfilment. Some of the possible issues are economy, education or health.

The format of the paper includes individual presentations and then group discussion.

Reading (800/3)

This paper assess the ability to comprehend various types of text of varying length and level of complexity (content and language).

The following areas are tested: comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Some possible genres are articles from journals, academic or literature texts.

The format of the questions includes six articles with 7 or 8 questions each (True/False/ Not stated and the standard higher order thinking MCQ questions). Most of the articles are written by native speakers of English with varying content and language complexity.

Writing (800/4)

This paper assess the ability to write various types of text covering a range of rhetorical styles.

The following areas are tested:

- accuracy

- appropriacy

- coherence and cohesion

- use of language functions

- task fulfilment.

The genres are report (question 1) and essay (question 2). The format of question 1 (report) is making analysis and sy nt hesis based on the data given (in the form of table, chart or graphs) all within 200 words and question 2 (essay) is writing an opinion-based essay or argumentative essay.

The Scoring Guide

Here's a quick scoring guide from Band 1 to 6

Aggregated Score Band The User is a.....

260-300 6 highly proficient user

220-259 5 proficient user

180-219 4 satisfactory user

140-179 3 modest user

100-139 2 limited user

below 1 very limited 100 user

Let's take a look how each paper contributes to the aggregated score (in percentage)

Listening - 15%

Speaking - 15%

Reading - 40%

Writing - 30%

In short, Reading paper contributes the biggest percentage towards the 300 score. However, as many candidates who have ta ken t he exam would attest, this paper is probably the most difficult paper to face due to two main factors.

One, the articles are written by native speakers, hence some language expressions, sentence structures and word choices are not very familiar to our candidates. And two, 45 questions with 7 or 8 articles prove a challenge to be completed within 90 minutes since this only give an average of 2 minutes or less for each question to be attempted not including reading the texts. As a result, some candidates give up halfway through the paper.

Well, I think I'll stop here for now. See you in the next pull out. Remember: Practice makes perfect!

~ BH
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