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    The document provides information about the Malaysian University English Test (MUET), which measures English proficiency of pre-university students for tertiary education entry. MUET is administered twice yearly and comprises tests of listening, speaking, reading and writing. It is compulsory for degree conferment and results are valid for 5 years. The tests vary in duration, weighting and question types based on assessing usage in different skills and genres. Scores are banded from 1 to 6 to indicate proficiency levels.

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    Malaysian University English Test

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    Zulfa Zakaria
    The document provides information about the Malaysian University English Test (MUET), which measures English proficiency of pre-university students for tertiary education entry. MUET is administered twice yearly and comprises tests of listening, speaking, reading and writing. It is compulsory for degree conferment and results are valid for 5 years. The tests vary in duration, weighting and question types based on assessing usage in different skills and genres. Scores are banded from 1 to 6 to indicate proficiency levels.

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    MUET/800

    MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY ENGLISH TEST


    MUET
     The objective of MUET is to measure the English Language
    proficiency of pre-university students for entry into tertiary
    education

     MUET is administered twice a year, i.e mid-year (May) and year –


    end (October)

     The test fee is RM60.00

     MUET examination comprises all four language skills of listening,


    speaking, reading and writing.
    MUET
     WHY WE NEED MUET?

     ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR TERTIARY


    EDUCATION
     COMPULSORY FOR CONFERMENT OF
    DEGREE
     VALIDATION PERIOD FOR MUET IS 5
    YEARS
    MUET : TEST COMPONENT

     Paper Code Paper Duration Weighting


     800/1 Listening 30 minutes 15%
     800/2 Speaking 30 minutes 15%
     800/3 Reading 90 minutes 40%
     800/4 Writing 90 minutes 30%
    MUET : TEST SCORE
    TEST COMPONENT MAXIMUM SCORE OBTAINED SCORE

    LISTENING 45

    SPEAKING 45

    READING 120

    WRITING 90

    AGGREGATED 300
    SCORE
    BAND ACHIEVED
    MUET: DESCRIPTION OF SCORES
    SCORE BAND USER

    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

    0 – 99 1 VERY LIMITED USER


    MUET 800/1 : LISTENING
    NO ITEM DESCRIPTION
    1 WEIGHTING 15%
    2 DURATION 30 MINUTES
    3 NUMBER OF TEXTS 5
    4 NUMBER OF QUESTIONS 20
    5 POSSIBLE GENRE LECTURE, BRIEFING, TALK,
    DISCUSSION, INTERVIEW,
    TELEPHONE CONVERSATION,
    ADVERTISEMENT, NEWS

    6 QUESTION TYPES I. INFO TRANSFER


    II. SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS
    III. 3-OPTION MCQ
    IV. 4-OPTION MCQ
    MUET 800/2 : SPEAKING
    NO ITEM DESCRIPTION

    1 WEIGHTING 15%

    2 DURATION 30 MINUTES

    3 NUMBER OF TASKS 2

    4 TOPIC CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

    5 TASK FORMAT TASK A: INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION


    TASK B: GROUP INTERACTION

    4 CANDIDATES TO A GROUP
    MUET 800/3 : READING
    NO ITEM DESCRIPTION
    1 WEIGHTING 40%
    2 DURATION 90 MINUTES
    3 NUMBER OF 6 (AT LEAST ONE TEXT WITH
    TEXTS GRAPHICS)
    4 TEXT SELECTION LENGTH 200-700 WORDS
    5 GENRE ARTICLES FROM JOURNALS,
    NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES,
    ACADEMIC TEXTS

    6 NUMBER OF 45
    QUESTIONS

    7 QUESTION TYPES I. 3-OPTION MCQ


    II. 4-OPTION MCQ
    MUET 800/4 : WRITING
    NO ITEM
    1 WEIGHTING 30%
    2 DURATION 90 MINUTES
    3 NUMBER OF QUESTIONS 2
    4 GENRES REPORT, ARTICLE, ESSAY
    5 TASK Q1 : INTERPRETATION OF
    INFORMATION BASED ON STIMULI
    (NO LESS THAN 150 WORDS)

    Q2 : EXTENDED WRITING BASED


    ON GIVEN TOPIC (NOT LESS THAN
    350 WORDS)
    MUET
     READ WIDELY AND KEEP ABREAST WITH
    THE CURRENT ISSUES

     PRESENT RELEVANT IDEAS

     PROVIDE ADEQUATE CONTENT

     SHOW A MATURE TREATMENT OF TOPIC

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