INTRO MUET 2

KOLEJ TINGKATAN ENAM SULTAN SALLEHUDDIN
JALAN HUTAN KAMPONG 05350 ALOR SETAR, KEDAH



Introduction
To
MUET

( NEW FORMAT 2021 )

What is MUET

• Malaysian University English Test.For public
universities, MUET is compulsory.

• Your MUET grade is a measure of your English
language proficiency and your language
preparedness to pursue your first degree at any of
our local universities.

• Placement test to further studies to IPTA and IPTS
• No passing or failing marks, just band
• Every universities set their own band for student to

graduate
• For MUET it cost RM100.00

LISTENING SPEAKING
800/1 800/2

MUET

READING WRITING
800/3 800/4

NO PAPER TIME MARKS WEIGH

1 SPEAKING 30 MINUTES 90 25%
800/2

2 READING 75 MINUTES 90 25%
800/3

3 WRITING 75 MINUTES 90 25%
800/4

LISTENING 50 MINUTES 90 25%

4

800/1

TOTAL 360 100



LISTENING

• Candidates will be required to listen to recorded text
twice and answer question on them

• To access the ability of the test takers to understand
spoken discourse in the higher education context,
covering both monologues and dialogues

• There is a total of 30 questions
• Involve familiar and unfamiliar topics in different

academic areas :



SPEAKING

• To assess the ability of test takers to give an oral
presentation of ideas individually, and to interact
in small groups in both more formal and less
formal academic contexts.

• Possible areas include but are not limited to
people and culture, financial awareness and
consumerism, science and technology, health
and environment, and education.

Structure of the Speaking Test

PART 1 –
INDIVIDUAL
PRESENTATION

PROMPT ATTRIBUTES

PART 1 –
INDIVIDUAL
PRESENTATION

TASK SPECIFICATION

PART 2 –
GROUP

DISCUSSION

PROMPT
ATTRIBUTES

PART 2 –
GROUP
DISCUSSION

TASK
SPECIFICATION

READING

• This paper comprises of 40 multiple-choice questions
based on passages from texts

• Overall text length: each part of the test has a word
count range, but the total word count for the whole test
is between 3300 and 4150.

• to assess the ability of test takers to understand
reading texts in the higher education context, covering
both more formal a

• The test tasks are intended to be accessible to test
takers, so that they will be able to draw on their
knowledge or understanding of real world settings. nd
less formal text types.

READING TEST
OVERVIEW

WRITING

• To assess the ability of test takers
to communicate in writing in the
context of higher education,
covering both more formal and less
formal writing genres

• The test is limited to situations and
subjects relating to and typical of
the academic and educational
environment

WRITNG TEST
OVERVIEW

Task 1 –
Guided Writing

PROMPT
ATTRIBUTES

&

Task 1 –
Guided Writing

PPROMPT
ATTRIBUTES



TED TALK

TED TALK

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Stars' Programme”

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WORKSHOP

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