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    The document outlines the scheme of work for the Malaysian University English Test (MUET), which assesses students' English language proficiency in the areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. It describes the learning objectives and skills focused on for each section. For listening, the goals are to understand various audio texts. For speaking, the focus is on participating in social and academic discussions. Reading aims to comprehend both linear and non-linear texts, while emphasizing various comprehension skills. Writing seeks to produce different text types and apply proper writing conventions. The scheme provides details on the specific skills and competencies tested within each domain.

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    The document outlines the scheme of work for the Malaysian University English Test (MUET), which assesses students' English language proficiency in the areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. It describes the learning objectives and skills focused on for each section. For listening, the goals are to understand various audio texts. For speaking, the focus is on participating in social and academic discussions. Reading aims to comprehend both linear and non-linear texts, while emphasizing various comprehension skills. Writing seeks to produce different text types and apply proper writing conventions. The scheme provides details on the specific skills and competencies tested within each domain.

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    The document outlines the scheme of work for the Malaysian University English Test (MUET), which assesses students' English language proficiency in the areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. It describes the learning objectives and skills focused on for each section. For listening, the goals are to understand various audio texts. For speaking, the focus is on participating in social and academic discussions. Reading aims to comprehend both linear and non-linear texts, while emphasizing various comprehension skills. Writing seeks to produce different text types and apply proper writing conventions. The scheme provides details on the specific skills and competencies tested within each domain.

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    SCHEME OF WORK FOR MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY ENGLISH TEST (MUET)

    LEARNING AREAS
    1. Social Issues
    - Health
    - Cleanliness
    - Caring society
    - Ageing
    - Teenagers
    - Family
    - Social
    organisation
    - Juvenile
    delinquency
    - Vandalism
    - Child abuse
    - Abuse

    LISTENING SKILLS
    The syllabus seeks to
    enable students to
    understand various
    types of oral texts in
    social and academic
    contexts such as
    telephone
    conversations,
    meetings,
    announcements, news,
    documentaries,
    lectures, presentations,
    talks, and discussions.

    SPEAKING SKILLS
    The syllabus seeks to
    enable students to
    participate in social and
    academic contexts such
    as in conversations,
    discussions, and
    presentations.

    Attention should be
    drawn to the following:
    sensitivity to
    registers
    degree of
    formality
    appropriateness of
    discourse
    grammatical
    accuracy of output

    Attention should be
    drawn to the following:
    sensitivity to
    registers
    degree of formality
    appropriateness of
    discourse
    enunciation
    intonation and stress
    cohesion and
    coherence
    grammatical
    accuracy

    READING SKILLS
    The syllabus seeks to
    enable students to
    comprehend linear
    and non-linear texts.
    Linear texts: prose
    passages
    Non-linear texts:
    graphs, tables,
    charts, and flowcharts.

    The following skills


    are emphasised:
    i. skimming and
    scanning
    ii. deriving
    meaning of
    words from
    context
    iii. understanding
    sense
    relationship
    within a sentence
    between
    sentences
    within a
    paragraph
    between
    paragraphs
    - anaphoric

    WRITING SKILLS
    The syllabus seeks to
    enable students to
    write various types of
    texts such as essays,
    reports, term papers
    and summaries, and
    to observe the
    appropriate
    conventions.

    The following skills


    will be emphasised:
    i. using
    grammatically
    correct and
    appropriate
    language
    correct forms i.e.
    tense, agreement,
    word form,
    sentence type,
    etc.
    ii. using a wide
    range of
    vocabulary and
    expressions
    appropriate for the
    intended purpose
    and audience

    RESOURCES

    1.

    Arnaudet, M. L. and
    M. E. Barrett, 1990,
    2nd ed. Paragraph
    Development,
    Englewood Cliffs,
    N.J.: Prentice Hall
    Regents.

    2.

    Clanchy, J. and B.
    Ballard, 1992. How to
    Write Essays,
    Melbourne; Longman
    Cheshire.

    3.

    Davies, E. and N.
    Whitney, 1984. Study
    Skills for Reading,
    London: Heinemann
    Educational.

    4.

    Jordan, R. R. 1997.
    English for Academic
    Purposes, Cambridge:
    Cambridge University
    Press.

    5.

    Lim, J. C., 1999.


    Malaysian University
    English Test,
    Selangor: Pustaka
    Sarjana.

    SCHEME OF WORK FOR MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY ENGLISH TEST (MUET)

    2.

    Environmental
    - Protection of
    wildlife
    - Recycling
    - Pollution
    - Preservation of
    forest
    - Greenhouse effect
    - Reforestation

    The following skills


    are emphasised:
    i. listening for main
    ideas
    ii. listening for
    specific information
    iii. note-taking
    iv. paraphrasing
    v. summarising
    vi. inferencing
    vii. predicting
    viii. drawing
    conclusions
    ix. recognising
    speakers attitudes,
    roles and
    relationships
    x. listening critically
    analysing and
    evaluating
    information

    The following
    communicative skills are
    emphasised:
    i. observing social
    conventions in
    interactions such as
    greeting, leave-taking
    and turn-taking
    ii. managing a
    discussion
    initiating a
    discussion
    - maintain
    - repair
    - interrupt
    - close
    iii.
    iv.
    v.

    3.

    Politics
    - System of
    government
    - Local politics
    issues
    - Malaysian
    Political System
    - Issues relating to
    neighbouring
    countries

    and
    cataphoric
    references

    vi.
    vii.
    viii.
    ix.

    asking for and


    giving information
    expressing
    agreement and
    disagreement
    making suggestions
    and
    recommendations
    stating and
    justifying points of
    view
    giving reasons for
    actions taken
    expressing cause
    and effect
    relationship
    presenting factual
    information

    discourse
    markers e.g.
    therefore,
    however,
    nevertheless, etc.

    cohesive
    devices e.g.
    but, and,
    because
    grammatical
    accuracy of
    output

    iv.

    v.

    vi.
    vii.
    viii.
    ix.
    x.

    distinguishing
    main ideas and
    supporting
    details
    distinguishing
    the relevant
    from the
    irrelevant
    distinguishing
    fact from
    opinion
    making
    inferences
    making
    hypotheses
    predicting
    outcomes
    drawing

    sensitivity to
    registers in
    relation to
    academic
    contexts
    iii. using the correct
    mechanics
    correct spelling,
    capitalisation,
    punctuation and
    numbering
    system
    iv. generating and
    developing ideas
    for writing
    thesis statement
    and supporting
    details
    v. developing
    coherent and
    cohesive
    paragraphs
    leading to
    extended writing

    discourse
    markers to link
    ideas such as
    whereas, on the
    other hand, etc.
    vi. writing effective
    introductions
    topic and
    controlling ideas
    vii. writing effective
    conclusions
    summary of the

    6.

    Lynch, T. and K.
    Anderson, 1992.
    Study Speaking,
    Cambridge:
    Cambridge University
    Press.

    7.

    Robinson, P. C. (Ed),
    1988. Academic
    Writing: Process and
    Product, ELT
    Document 129.

    8.

    Rost, M., 1990.


    Listening in
    Language Learning,
    London: Longman.

    9.

    Sidhu, G. K. and P. C.
    Lim-Teoh. 1999.
    MUET Malaysian
    University English
    Test, Shah Alam:
    Mahir.

    10. Smith, M. and G.


    Smith, 1990. A Study
    Skills Handbook,
    Oxford: Oxford
    University Press.

    SCHEME OF WORK FOR MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY ENGLISH TEST (MUET)

    4.

    5.

    ASEAN, APEC,
    IMF, Constitution
    Economy
    - Inflation
    - Stock market
    - International trade

    Cultural
    - Festivals
    - Performing arts
    - Cultural
    Integration /
    Assimilation
    - Beliefs /
    Traditions

    x. giving opinions
    xi. persuading
    xii. drawing
    conclusions

    conclusions
    transferring
    information
    from linear to
    non-linear
    texts, and viceversa
    xii. paraphrasing
    xiii. summarising
    xiv. using the skills
    of
    intertextuality
    knowledge
    gathered from
    other sources of
    information to
    arrive at
    meanings or to
    enrich meanings
    xv. reading
    critically
    analyse and
    evaluating
    arguments
    xi.

    content
    recommendations
    viii. defining
    concepts,
    describing states
    and processes,
    and explaining
    ideas
    ix. comparing and
    contrasting ideas,
    classifying
    information, and
    establishing cause
    and effect
    x. summarising
    information
    selection of
    relevant
    information
    paraphrase
    xi. responding
    critically and
    appropriately to
    information
    contained in
    linear and nonlinear texts
    xii. developing
    critical thinking
    skills
    presentation of
    argument
    effectively
    evaluation of
    ideas and

    11. Wallace, M. J., 1980.


    Study Skills in
    English,
    Cambridge:
    Cambridge University
    Press

    12. Waters, M. and A.


    Waters, 1995. Study
    Tasks in English,
    Cambridge:
    Cambridge
    University Press

    13. Wong, S., 1981.


    Summary Writing
    Principles and
    Practice (Rev. ed.),
    Singapores: Pacific
    Book Distributors.

    SCHEME OF WORK FOR MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY ENGLISH TEST (MUET)


    6.

    Religions

    Academic
    - Science / Arts
    - Languages
    - Form Six
    - Science &
    Technology (IT)
    - Communications

    opinions
    justification of
    stand
    xiii. accessing,
    collating,
    organising, and
    presenting
    information
    information from
    printed and
    electronic
    sources
    organisation of
    information
    according to
    chronological
    order, spatial
    order, etc.
    xiv. citing
    documents
    bibliographic
    entries
    references
    following
    specific
    conventions
    xv. drafting, revising
    and editing
    note-taking,
    planning, writing
    outlines, writing
    drafts, rewriting
    and proof
    reading

    SCHEME OF WORK FOR MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY ENGLISH TEST (MUET)

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