The Complete MUET Syllabus
The Test Specifications for the Listening Paper:
For those who are still looking for the "NEW" MUET Syllabus, this is the "new" Syllabus. It has been published here all this time. It started in 2008. Therefore, here they are, my dear readers. You need not look anywhere else.
2 The Speaking Syllabus - The Test Specifications
Candidates are assessed on their ability to make individual presentations and to take part in group discussions on a wide range of contemporary issues.
Assessment will cover the following:
(i) accuracy
* using grammatically correct language
* using correct pronunciation, stress and intonation
(ii) fluency
* speaking with confidence and fluency
(iii) appropriacy
* using language appropriate for the intended purpose and
audience
* using varied vocabulary and expressions
* using varied sentence structures
* observing conventions appropriate to a specific
situation
(iv) coherence and cohesion
* developing and organising ideas
* using appropriate markers and linking devices
* using anaphora appropriately together with other cohesive devices
(v) use of language functions
* defining, describing, explaining
* comparing and contrasting
* classifying
* giving reasons
* giving opinions
* expressing relationships
* making suggestions and recommendations
* expressing agreement and disagreement
* seeking clarification
* asking for and giving information
* persuading
* drawing conclusions
* stating and justifying points of view
* presenting an argument
(vi) managing a discussion
* initiating
* turn-taking
* interrupting
* prompting
* negotiating
* closing
(vii) task fulfilment
* presenting relevant ideas
* providing adequate content
* showing a mature treatment of topic
Possible issues:
Socio-cultural, economic, science and technology, sports, environment, education, health
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The Test Specifications for the Listening Paper:
For those who are still looking for the "NEW" MUET Syllabus, this is the "new" Syllabus. It has been published here all this time. It started in 2008. Therefore, here they are, my dear readers. You need not look anywhere else.
1 Listening
Candidates are assessed on their ability to comprehend various types of oral texts of varying length and level of complexity (content and language).
Assessment will cover the following:
(i) knowledge
* recalling information
* recognising main ideas
* recognising supporting details
(ii) comprehension
* deriving meaning of words, phrases, sentences
from context
from context
* paraphrasing
(iii) application
* predicting outcomes
* applying a concept to a new situation
(iv) analysis
* understanding language functions
* distinguishing the relevant from the irrelevant
* distinguishing fact from opinion
* drawing inferences
* identifying roles and relationships
(v) synthesis
* following the development of a point or
an argument
an argument
* summarising information
(vi) evaluation
* appraising information
* making judgments
* drawing conclusions
* recognising and interpreting speakers’ views,
attitudes or intentions
Possible genres:
Lecture, briefing, talk, discussion, interview, telephone conversation, announcement, instructions, advertisement, news, meeting, documentary
Candidates are assessed on their ability to make individual presentations and to take part in group discussions on a wide range of contemporary issues.
Assessment will cover the following:
(i) accuracy
* using grammatically correct language
* using correct pronunciation, stress and intonation
(ii) fluency
* speaking with confidence and fluency
(iii) appropriacy
* using language appropriate for the intended purpose and
audience
* using varied vocabulary and expressions
* using varied sentence structures
* observing conventions appropriate to a specific
situation
(iv) coherence and cohesion
* developing and organising ideas
* using appropriate markers and linking devices
* using anaphora appropriately together with other cohesive devices
(v) use of language functions
* defining, describing, explaining
* comparing and contrasting
* classifying
* giving reasons
* giving opinions
* expressing relationships
* making suggestions and recommendations
* expressing agreement and disagreement
* seeking clarification
* asking for and giving information
* persuading
* drawing conclusions
* stating and justifying points of view
* presenting an argument
(vi) managing a discussion
* initiating
* turn-taking
* interrupting
* prompting
* negotiating
* closing
(vii) task fulfilment
* presenting relevant ideas
* providing adequate content
* showing a mature treatment of topic
Possible issues:
Socio-cultural, economic, science and technology, sports, environment, education, health
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Reading Test Specifications are as the following:
Candidates are assessed on their ability to comprehend various types of text of varying length and level of complexity (content and language).
Assessment will cover the following:
(i) comprehension
* skimming and scanning
* extracting specific information
* identifying main ideas
* identifying supporting details
* deriving the meaning of words,
phrases, sentences, from the
context
phrases, sentences, from the
context
* understanding linear and
non-linear texts
non-linear texts
* understanding relationships
* within a sentence
* between sentences
* recognising a paraphrase
(ii) application
* predicting outcomes
* applying a concept to a
new situation
new situation
(iii) analysis
* understanding language functions
* interpreting linear and non-linear
texts
texts
* distinguishing the relevant from
the irrelevant
the irrelevant
* distinguishing fact from opinion
* making inferences
(iv) synthesis
* relating ideas and concept
* within a paragraph
* between paragraphs
* following the development of a
point or an argument
point or an argument
* summarising information
(v) evaluation
* appraising information
* making judgements
* drawing conclusions
* recognising and interpreting
writers’ views, attitudes or
intentions
writers’ views, attitudes or
intentions
Possible genres:
Articles from journals, newspapers and magazines, academic texts, electronic texts.
Candidates are assessed on their ability to write various types of text covering a range of rhetorical styles.
Assessment will cover the following:
(i) accuracy
* using correct spelling and mechanics
* using correct grammar
* using correct sentence structures
(ii) appropriacy
* using varied vocabulary and expressions
* using clear varied sentences
* using language appropriate for the intended
purpose and audience
purpose and audience
* observing conventions appropriate to a
specific situation or text type
specific situation or text type
(iii) coherence and cohesion
* developing and organising ideas
* using appropriate markers and linking
devices
devices
* using anaphora appropriately together with
other cohesive devices
other cohesive devices
(iv) use of language functions
* defining, describing, explaining
* comparing and contrasting
* classifying
* giving reasons
* giving opinions
* expressing relationships
* making suggestions and recommendations
* expressing agreement and disagreement
* persuading
* interpreting information from non-linear
texts
texts
* drawing conclusions
* stating and justifying points of view
* presenting an argument
(v) task fulfillment
* presenting relevant ideas
* providing adequate content
* showing a mature treatment of topic
Possible genres:
Report, article, letter, essay
This page is filled with the items that are generically about Writing such as the contents of the syllabus for the Reading skills.
Obviously, in this blog, the Writing items are lacking. From time to time, yours truly, will be posting contents for Reading skills. The postings will be labeled "Writing" and might be suffixed with words such as 'vocabulary' or 'linkers' which are inherently part of Writing skills. The format of this blogger blog is easy to maneuver, just move around, click here and there until you "get the hang of it".
