MUET

1. M
MIND
YOUR
U E T
MUHAMAD FAHMI BIN SHAMSUDDIN
KOLEJ SULTAN ABDUL HAMID

2. RATIONALE
• MUET was first introduced in 1999
• Address the gap between the level of proficiency needed at the
SPM level and the proficiency required at the MUET level.
• The key thing for candidates to digest about the MUET is that
it’s different from secondary-school level English examination
papers

3. SKILLS
Listening
Writing
Reading
Speaking

4. LISTENING
Number of texts 7( 5 parts) Test focus skills
 Identifying general &
specific information
 Understanding main
ideas made in clear
standard speech on
familiar matters
 Following extended
speech & complex lines
or argument on
reasonably familiar topics
 Dialogue
 Monologue
Possible genres
Possible question types
 3-option multiple-choice
questions
 5-option multiple-
matching questions
30Questions
Text types
25 % 50 minutes
Conversation
Talks
Interviews
Announcement
Advertisements

5. SPEAKING
Language functions
Number of tasks : 2
Task format
25 % 30 minutes
Part 1 : Individual
Presentation Preparation
: 2 minutes
Presentation : 2
minutes
Part 2 : Group
Discussion
Preparation :
3 minutes
Discussion :
8 - 12 minutes
Elaborating Evaluating
Expressing opinions Turn-taking Concluding
Giving reasons

6. READING
Length : 100 - 900 words
Level of complexity :
content and language
Test focus skills
Number of texts:
10 (7 parts) CEFR
Level: A2-C1
Possible question types
Basic criteria for text
selection
25 % 75 minutes 40 questions
Possible genres
• Advertisements
• Notices
• Timetables
• Short stories
• Newspaper
articles
• 3 option multiple-
choice questions
• A gapped text with 6
missing sentences and
7 answer options
• Reading multiple
texts for specific
factual information
• Inferencing
• Predicting outcomes
• Distinguishing facts
and opinions

7. ZABMUET/L6/PP13072
020

8. WRITING
Number of tasks : 2
Possible genres
• LETTERS /EMAIL
• ESSAY( DISCURSIVE, ARGUMENTATIVE
OR PROBLEM SOLVING )
Task format
Task 1 : Guided Writing ( at least 100 words )
Task 2 : Extended Writing ( at least 250 words )
Language
functions
• Giving precise information
• Describing experiences, feelings
and events
• Providing advice, reasons and opinions
25 % 75 minutes

10. Aggregated Score Band User
331-360 5+
PROFICIENT
(C1, C2)
294-330 5.0
258-293 4.5
INDEPENDENT
(B1, B2)
211-257 4.0
164-210 3.5
123-163 3.0
82-122 2.5
BASIC
(A1, A2)
36-81 2.0
1-35 1.0
MUET TEST SCORES
ZABMUET/L6/PP13072
020

11. THANK YOU
MUHAMAD FAHMI BIN SHAMSUDDIN
KOLEJ SULTAN ABDUL HAMID
“Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day
with a great teacher” – Japanese proverb