MUET Syllabus
The Test Specifications for the Listening Paper:
1 Listening
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
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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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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.
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Specifications For Writing, The Test Components:
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
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