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Malaysian University English Test (<b>MUET</b>) Guide | Malaysia Students - Blog Muet

Malaysian University English Test (<b>MUET</b>) Guide | Malaysia Students

Posted: 28 Jul 2007 08:58 AM PDT

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Posted by Chong

Malaysian University English Test (MUET), first launched in 1999 and administered by Malaysian Examinations Council (Majlis Peperiksaan Malaysia), is a test to measure candidates' English language proficiency. MUET is taken by students who intend to pursue their tertiary education at local public universities since it is a mandatory test to gain entry into degree courses offered at all Malaysian public universities. This test is carried out twice a year, in April/May and October/November. Candidates usually register through their academic institutions while private candidates through State Education Departments (Jabatan Pelajaran Negeri), with a registration fee of RM60.

Unlike International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) which are globally accepted as the certification of English language proficiency, MUET is recognized only in Malaysia and Singapore (National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University).

MUET consists of four components: listening, speaking, reading and writing. New test specifications have been introduced officially and will apply from MUET October/November 2008 onwards while old test specifications will still apply for MUET October/November 2007 and April/May 2008. The table below shows the detailed comparison between new and old format of MUET.


Test Old Test Specifications New Test Specifications Possible Genres
Listening (800/1)
Duration:
Weighting:
Number of texts:
Number of questions:
Question type:		 45 marks

30 minutes
15%
3

15

Four-option multiple-choice

 45 marks

30 minutes
15%
5

20

- Information transfer
- Short answer
- Four-option multiple-choice
- Three-option multiple choice

 Lecture, briefing, talk, discussion, interview, telephone conversation, announcement, instructions, advertisement, news, meeting, documentary
Speaking (800/2)
Duration:
Weighting:
Number of tasks:
Task format:		 45 marks

30 minutes
15%
2

A: Individual presentation
B: Group interaction

 45 marks

30 minutes
15%
2

A: Individual presentation
B: Group interaction

 Contemporary issues
Reading (800/3)
Duration:
Weighting:
Number of texts:

Number of questions:
Question type:

 135 marks

120 minutes
45%
4

50

- Cloze
- Information transfer
- Four-option multiple-choice

 120 marks

90 minutes
40%
6 shorter texts (at least one text with graphics)
50

- Three-option multiple-choice
- Four-option multiple-choice

 Articles from journals, newspapers and magazines, academic texts, electronic texts
Writing (800/4)
Duration:
Weighting:
Number of questions:
Question type:		 75 marks

90 minutes
25%
2

Task 1: Summary of not more than 100 words
Task 2: Extended writing not fewer than 250 words

 90 marks

90 minutes
30%
2

Task 1: Interpretation of information based on specific stimuli provided (no less than 150 words)
Task 2: Extended writing based on a given topic (no less than 350 words)

 Report, article, letter, essay

Candidates are rated into six bands – band one being the lowest and band six being the highest -- according to their test scores. The total score is 300 and the table below shows MUET band description.
Band Aggregated Score Description
6 260 - 300 Very good user - Very good command of the language. Highly expressive, fluent, accurate and appropriate language: hardly any inaccuracies. Very good understanding of language and contexts. Functions extremely well in the language.
5 220 - 259 Good user - Good command of the language. Expressive, fluent, accurate and appropriate language but with minor inaccuracies. Good understanding of language and contexts. Functions well in the language.
4 180 - 219 Competent user - Satisfactory command of the language. Satisfactory expressive and fluent, appropriate language but with occasional inaccuracies. Satisfactory understanding of language and contexts. Functions satisfactorily in the language.
3 140 - 179 Modest user - Modest command of the language. Modestly expressive and fluent, appropriate language but with noticeable inaccuracies. Modest understanding of language and contexts. Able to function modestly in the language.
2 100 - 139 Limited user - Limited command of the language. Lacks expressiveness, fluency and appropriacy: inaccurate use of the language resulting in breakdown in communication. Limited understanding of language and contexts. Limited ability to function in the language.
1 Below 100 Extremely limited user - Poor command of the language. Unable to use language to express ideas: inaccurate use of the language resulting in frequent breakdowns in communication. Little or poor understanding of language and contexts. Hardly able to function in the language.

Students that have taken MUET are eligible to be enrolled into degree courses offered at local public universities as long as their CGPA for Diploma STPM or Malaysian Matriculation examinations are good enough to fulfil the entry requirement. The difference between all these bands is that students from band 1 and 2 have to take two extra English courses during holidays while band 3 and 4 students take one extra course. Students with band 5 or 6 can skip the extra English course. Some competitive degree courses like medicine and pharmacy, however, require students to get band 5 or 6 in MUET.

Online Resources for MUET
MUET Tips by Melanie, MUET Listening Tips, MUET Speaking Tips, MUET Reading Tips and MUET Writing Tips

Recommended: Free MUET Tips & 10 Reasons Why You Should Buy This MUET Guide (Panduan MUET) written by MUET teacher & examiner at RM30! Liked this post? Subscribe now to read more post like this one!

<b>MUET</b> 800/4 Writing – <b>Past Years</b>&#39; Questions - Blog <b>Muet</b> - Blog Muet

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Posted: 21 Jun 2014 09:04 PM PDT

Here are some Easy and simple MUET exam tips to score the highest result, Band 6. This simple tips if followed properly should be able to help you to face MUET exam papers and MUET exam speaking test. Malaysian University English Test well known as MUET. MUET is an exam to test the level of English language and mainly is treated as an entry to public universities. This examination is run by Malaysian Examination Council. 

The followings are the best tips and recommendation to prepare oneself for these MUET examination papers  and score the highest band 6.

1. Reading
Candidate who intent to take this examination and thinking to obtain the highest point band 6 should do a lot of reading no matter whatever material it is. As long it is in English and it is good material such as newspapers, story books and magazines.  One should go through all the past year questions in order to have variety of vocabulary. This is a way to help one to master their vocabulary and learn the structure of grammars. One should be smart in choosing the reading material so that it will relevant and help them in MUET

2. Listening
Listening to news at home and tuning to the English radio while in the car will help to learn to concentrate and help in the listening test later. One should not try to listen to every single word but learn to grasp the art of listening to the meaning and gist.

3. Speaking
To do well and obtain band 6, MUET Speaking test plays an important part. Speaking in English will help to practice the speech skills, create high confidence in talking and practice the smoothness and the flow of speaking which will be essential for MUET speaking test. Beside that mimicking and pretending to be in the actual test by practicing in such way will help one build confident to speak and help one from going blank as they tend to panic.

4. Writing
One can use past year question as a step to practice their writing skill in the given time. Besides that this can help one to practice their skill to express their thoughts, views, ideas and comments by practicing daily. This will help one to use as many suitable vocabularies in their essays and answers.

muet exam tips to score band 6, muet exam dress code

Besides the tips above, there are other ways to score the highest band 6 such as:-

1. Structure of the MUET
One should be familiar of the format of the examination such as the parts of the exam, what are the questions, the type of questions the time frame for each part. This can be practice by obtaining the past year MUET Exam paper and asking people who have sat for the examination so that one will have clear picture of the format of the papers before sitting for it.

2. Planning before sitting for the examination
One should have an action plan before sitting for MUET exam papers. This will help one to have confidence and knows how well they are prepared and whether they are ready beforehand.

3. Practice
There is a say "practice makes perfect", this is the only way that makes a person perfect in whatever they do. So the more the practice you do the more familiar and confident you are mentally and physically.

There is some people asking about MUET exam dress code. Actually there is no so called "MUET Exam Dress Code". Candidate should be aware of the dress code, one who taking privately should wear formal and neat attire where else the STPM students should wear their uniforms.

The steps and tips above can help one to build up one's confident level and amazingly at the end one will be surprise of the improvement. Practice will always makes things perfect at the end. Practice! Practice! Practice!

<b>muet paper</b> 4 report question 1 simple <b>past</b> tense <b>...</b> - shokubis

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 01:23 AM PST

MUET PAPER 4 REPORT QUESTION 1

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

EXAMPLE REPORT

TABLE 1; student performence in spm at smk setia (2010 and 2011 )

SUBJECT

Percentage

2010

2011

BM

90

100

BI

85

8

SJ

76

79

SC

65

80

MATH

60

75

                The table shows percentage of student performence in various subject at SMK Setia in 2010 and 2011. Bahasa Malaysian recorded the highest scores with 90% and 100% passes over two years.However, modern mathematics showed the lowest scores at 60% and 75% respectively. The subject with the second highest scores was english which increased from 85% in 2010 to 88% in 2011. Meanwhile, science had the highest with 15% increase fron 65% 2010 to 80% 2011. The only subject that mantained the same in percentagein both years was sejarah at 76%

                There was an overall increase in the percentage of student performence in the spm examination at SMKSetia from 2010 to 2011.   

<b>MUET</b> Statistics 2010 and 2011 | Teacher Cheryl&#39;s e-Portfolio

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 12:42 AM PST

Posted on February 13, 2014

I was searching for past years' papers and came across these examination reports published by the Malaysian Examinations Council (MEC). Looking at the numbers, we can see that the majority of MUET candidates only scored Band 2 and Band 3. In every session only around 1% scored Band 5. To get a Band 6 is definitely an uphill task!

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You can access the full reports here. The reports also include the answers for Paper 3 and examiners' comments for the other papers.

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Introduction

Malaysian University English Test (MUET) is a test that measures achievement and communication skills in English among the pre-university students  (STPM candidates, matriculation students, diploma and pre-university students who wish to pursue a first degree programme in local universities).

What is MUET?

MUET is The Malaysian University English Test. It is an English language proficiency test designed to measure the English language ability of students who wish to pursue first degree studies in local institutions of higher learning.

The Components of MUET

There are four components (four exams) of MUET's papers. Students need to complete this entire exam in order to get a result:-
1) Paper 1 : Listening (800/1) – (45 scores)
2) Paper 2 : Speaking (800/2) – (45 scores)
3) Paper 3 : Reading (800/3) – (120 scores)
4) Paper 4 : Writing (800/4) – (90 scores)

MUET's Grade
MUET's scores (maximum 300) are graded into six bands. Band 1 is the lowest and Band 6 is the highest:-
Band 1 Extremely limited user (Below 100) Poor command of the language. Unable to use language to express ideas: inaccurate use of the language resulting in frequent breakdowns in communication. Little or poor understanding of language and contexts. Hardly able to function in the language.
Band 2 Limited user (Aggregated score: 101-139) Limited command of the language. Lacks expressiveness, fluency and appropriacy: inaccurate use of the language resulting in breakdown in communication. Limited understanding of language and contexts. Limited ability to function in the language.
Band 3 Modest user (Aggregated score: 140-179) Modest command of the language. Modestly expressive and fluent, appropriate language but with noticeable inaccuracies. Modest understanding of language and contexts. Able to function modestly in the language.
Band 4 Competent user (Aggregated score: 180-219) Satisfactory command of the language. Satisfactory expressive and fluent, appropriate language but with occasional inaccuracies. Satisfactory understanding of language and contexts. Functions satisfactorily in the language.
Band 5 Good user (Aggregated score: 220-259) Good command of the language. Expressive, fluent, accurate and appropriate language but with minor inaccuracies. Good understanding of language and contexts. Functions well in the language.
Band 6 Very good user (Aggregated score: 260-300) Very good command of the language. Highly expressive, fluent, accurate and appropriate language: hardly any inaccuracies. Very good understanding of language and contexts. Functions extremely well in the language.

Source :

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Posted: 16 Jan 2014 08:34 AM PST

The first post in 2014, shall be dedicated to my MUET results!

I don't know how to describe my feelings. Take for granted? Relieved? Happy? Satisfied?

Anyways, I do feel very grateful for it. Many friends of mine got Band 4, and some even scored Band 3 (which really kicks them down into the abyss of depression). Sigh, what to do? MUET is a very standardised exam with a strict marking scheme where only the strong ones will survive, unlike any other typical matriculation exam for which the standard is always dependent on average nationwide results.

Knowing that my standard will be about a high Band 4, so I just tell the world I'm aiming for Band 4, with a "I-don't-give-a-damn" look, but who knows my little pump inside me is pounding like crazy! Deep down I really hoped to get a Band 5, and I did! Before this I tend to screw Reading and Writing Task 1 up, but seems like that day when I sat for the exam I didn't (if I did, at least not too much!). I thought I did better in speaking, but turns out the score ain't that high.

Band 5 ranges from 220 - 259. So my score is just merely higher than 220. Praise the Lord! I shall throw my own party!

Keputusan <b>Malaysian University English Test</b> (<b>MUET</b>) akan <b>...</b>

Posted: 05 May 2014 12:00 AM PDT

Pada 5 Mei (Isnin), 36,100 pengambil peperiksaan akan menerima keputusan Malaysian University English Test atau MUET mereka.

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Calon-calon boleh mendapatkan keputusan mereka di sekolah / institusi masing-masing bermula jam 10 pagi pada hari Isnin. Mereka juga boleh mengakses keputusan ujian mereka dalam talian di http://mpm.edu.my atau melalui SMS dengan menaip MUET RESULT No Kad Pengenalan dan hantar ke 15888.

Sementara itu calon persendirian harus menjangkakan untuk menerima keputusan mereka melalui pos.

Bagi mereka yang tidak berpuas hati dengan keputusan MUET mereka, pelajar boleh memohon untuk rayuan yang melibatkan kos RM70. Tarikh akhir rayuan adalah pada 16 Mei.

Sementara itu, pendaftaran MUET dalam talian untuk sesi November 2014 akan dibuka pada 25 Julai. Untuk mendaftar dan mendapatkan maklumat lanjut, sila layari http://online.mpm.edu.my

<b>MUET</b> Speaking <b>TIPS</b> sample <b>answer</b> | Blog Rahsia Lulus <b>MUET</b> - Blog Muet

<b>MUET</b> Speaking <b>TIPS</b> sample <b>answer</b> | Blog Rahsia Lulus <b>MUET</b>

Posted: 13 Feb 2013 06:43 AM PST

Assalamualakum dan hai semua. Hari ini saya ingin berkongsi dengan ada mengenai MUET Speaking tips beserta dengan sample answernya sekali .. Semoga ia bermanfaat buat anda .. :)

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Practice MUET Speaking practice:

Situation

A friend of yours has decided to go into the retail business. However, he does not know what line of retail he should focus on. He decides to get some advice from his friends and relatives.

Candidate A:
You are his father. You advise him to concentrate on children's clothes. Give reasons for your answer.

Candidate B:
You are his aunt. You advise him to concentrate on clothes or teenagers. Give reasons for your answer.

Candidate C:
Your are his sister. You advice him to concentrate on clothes for women. Give reasons for your answer.

Candidate D:
You are his good friend. You advise him to concentrate on clothes for men. Give reasons for your answer.

So, disini saya kongsikan jawpan yang boleh anda berikan sebagai panduan:

CANDIDATE A' S ANSWER : Chidren's clothes are expensive – many parents can't afford – parents looking for clothes that are comfortable, reasonably priced and easy to maintain – tell friend – check out 'pasar malam' outlets – get an idea of the range, type and pricing of these clothes – many parents do not make clothes – prefer to buy –children grow fast – must constantly buy clothes.

CANDIDATE B' S ANSWER : Selling teenagers' clothes – sure bet – number of teenagers on the rise – have ready cash but can't afford more pricey clothes sold in boutiques – they want cheap but trendy – easy to cater to teenage fashion – what teenagers want to not seem to go out of fashion – wide range – T-shirts, jeans, blouses, little bags and other accessories are always in dem

CANDIDATE C' S ANSWER : Lost of women are now working – they want to look smart – affordable prices – want something smart, fashionable, and decent – working, so have their own pocket money – unlike women in the past – housewives, depend on husbands – fashion constantly changes – women try to keep up – buy new, up-to-date clothes

CANDIDATE D'S ANSWER : There are very few shops that are exclusively for men-clothes in supermarkets are mostly for women and teenagers – range of product for men include smart shirts and pants for the office, for casual wear and leisure purpose – men nowadays are more conscious of fashion – more willing to spend money on clothes and fashion.

Kongsikannya di fb dan twitter jika ia bermanfaat ..

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