1. MUET LISTENING
The MUET listening test is probably one of the more tricky ones to score because your true
listening skills is developed through your everyday life more than anything else. Materials are only
tools to assist you to prepare better for the exam. But with the following tips and information about
the exam format, you should be able to grasp what is it you have to prepare in order to score a
good Band for the MUET listening test.
Exam paper code: 800/1
Exam duration: 30 minutes
Total weightage: 15%
Paper format:
Three parts
20 questions in total
Types of question: Information transfer, short-answer questions, MCQ
*The MUET listening test will assess candidates on their ability to:
1. Comprehend various types of oral text of varying length
2. Master different levels of complexity in terms of content and language
3. Recognize main ideas
4. Recognize supporting details
5. Paraphrase
6. Distinguish the relevant from the irrelevant (filter out irrelevant information)
7. Interpret the speaker’s views, attitudes and intentions
8. Distinguish fact from opinion
9. Summarize information
10. Draw conclusions
Tips:
· Practice selective listening – not every word said is important and relevant
· Jot down notes as the speaker talks
2. · If you can’t hear the recording clearly, raise up your hand to inform the person in charged to
increase the volume of the recording. It is NOT wrong to do so.
· Read up on various topics to familiarize yourself with the terms and spelling of various words
· Possible genres are:
Lecture
Briefing
Discussion
Interview
Telephone conversation
Announcement
Advertisement
News
Meeting
Documentary
Instructions
· Possible topics:
Plastic surgery
Environment (global warming, climate change, deforestation, logging…etc.)
Education (school syllabus, education system, educators, student life…etc.)
“How to” articles (how to vote, how to file a report, how to clean a fish pond…etc.)
Tourist attractions (commercial format, advertisement flyers…etc.)
Radio shows
Animals (extinct animals, endangered animals, poaching…etc.)
· Use good grammar
· Some sections have word limits - avoid using too many ‘and’ ‘or’ ‘that’ as it takes up your word
count yet has very minimal contribution to the content of your answers
