Marks For finals

Dear Students,
look carefully at the table below.


Candidates are rated into six bands – band one being the lowest and band six being the highest -- according to their test scores. The total score is 300 and the table below shows MUET band description.

Band	Aggregated Score	Description
6	260 - 300	Very good user - Very good command of the language. Highly expressive, fluent, accurate and appropriate language: hardly any inaccuracies. Very good understanding of language and contexts. Functions extremely well in the language.
5	220 - 259	Good user - Good command of the language. Expressive, fluent, accurate and appropriate language but with minor inaccuracies. Good understanding of language and contexts. Functions well in the language.
4	180 - 219	Competent user - Satisfactory command of the language. Satisfactory expressive and fluent, appropriate language but with occasional inaccuracies. Satisfactory understanding of language and contexts. Functions satisfactorily in the language.
3	140 - 179	Modest user - Modest command of the language. Modestly expressive and fluent, appropriate language but with noticeable inaccuracies. Modest understanding of language and contexts. Able to function modestly in the language.
2	100 - 139	Limited user - Limited command of the language. Lacks expressiveness, fluency and appropriacy: inaccurate use of the language resulting in breakdown in communication. Limited understanding of language and contexts. Limited ability to function in the language.
1	Below 100	Extremely limited user - Poor command of the language. Unable to use language to express ideas: inaccurate use of the language resulting in frequent breakdowns in communication. Little or poor understanding of language and contexts. Hardly able to function in the language.

Useful tips (writing and listening)

Dear all,
Here are some useful tips for listening and writing.

Listening Tips

Listening- 1

You are often given false information first that sounds as if it could be the answer to the question. An instance of this is where the information given matches one of the answers, but does not fit the criterion given in the question- the person could be talking about last week, say, when the question asks about next week. The correct information usually, but not always, comes afterwards.

Listening- 2

Nearly right is not the same thing as right; examiners often give information that sounds more or less correct, but is in some way unsatifactory. Adverbs and modals are often used to send you the wrong way; the listening text might use 'She may well be late' and the question 'She will be late'- this is not an exact match and consequently could easily be the wrong answer. It has to be 100% accurate to be right.

Listening- 3

In longer listening passages, they often try to lull you into losing concentration by having quite long sections where no information relevant to the exercise is given, then out of the blue they hit you with a couple of answers in quick succession.

Listening- 4

Although most longer listening passages begin with an introduction that lets you get into the flow before they start testing you, you cannot depend on this; the first word could in theory be the answer to the first question.

Listening- 5

Examiners will often place a word directly from the passage in a wrong answer and use a synonym *[syn.] in the correct answer; check the meaning and do not rely on word recognition to get the right answer.

Writing Tips

Writing- 1

Don't carried away and overload your writing with too many obvious connectives and contrastives; if every sentence has two or three such words or expressions, then the writing can seem strained and artificial. Remember- you can try too hard as well as not hard enough.

Writing- 2

Write on alternate lines (leaving every second line blank) so that you have space to make changes when checking through your work.

Listening activity

6 Ria,
Click on the link below and try out these listening activities..

http://fog.ccsf.edu/~lfried/activity/listeningquiz1.html

http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lfried/call/phoneconv.html

http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lfried/call/abadday.html



Good day!

Feedbacks

Dear students,

MATHS AND SCIENCE SHOULD BE THOUGHT IN ENGLISH AND NOT BAHASA MALAYSIA.

Based on the statement above, provide your opinion/feedback (click comment). Each relevant comment will be rewarded maximum 5 marks and it will be added in your trial Muet examination. So, start commenting!! =) Good day ..

video 3- youtube

Students,
This video will show you a glimpse on how the actual MUET Speaking exam will take place. Watch carefully. Hope this may be helpful for our in class speaking activity.

Video description: Group discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHLZyZUAGXE&feature=related

Video 2- youtube

Students,
This video will show you a glimpse on how the actual MUET Speaking exam will take place. Watch carefully. Hope this may be helpful for our in class speaking activity.

Video description: Individual Speaking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BJfHvyQGSg&feature=related

Study Tips for Muet Test

Dear all,
Hera are some study tips and information for your trial Muet examination

Exam information as follows:
1. Listening test ( 30/10/2009) 10.30 am at the computer lab.
2. Writing test & ( 2/11/2009) 8.30 am - in class
3. Reading comprehension (2/11/2009) 11.30 am - in class
4. Speaking test -individual (3/11/2009)
group (4/11/2009)
*you will be notified the time and group for your speaking test on the 3rd and 4th November.
* Be punctual and read the instructions carefully.

Exam tips as follows:
Writing ( Summary is based on a scientific text)
Reading ( go through the activities that has been attached- social bookmarking
Speaking ( Go through the videos ) and look up at some social issues.

All the best.