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Malaysian University English Test (MUET) first batch is approaching soon again. To be more precise it will be starting on 28 April 2007.
Some
schools arranged their students to take the 1st batch and some the end
year ones. I’ve heard some schools forced their students to take twice
too. Personally i think taking the first batch is much safer because
you get to retry if you are not satisfied with your result.
MUET
is not some English test you can take lightly. Those who do not take
MUET might think MUET as some easy English test like the one we had in
form 5. Heck , they’re wrong. MUET is much tougher than that. MUET is
not some exam you can just pass by , but some English test you must
study for.
I know readers will be wondering what i got for my
MUET . I got band 5 for my MUET. Honestly , I’m quite satisfied with it
having the fact my teacher do not teach us and i wrote less than 3
essays before the actual exam. Most of us will strive for at least a
band 4 because there are some courses in public universities that
required you to score at least band 4. Not only you can’t go for
certain courses in universities, but if you scored below band 4, you’ll
have to take elementary English in universities which is time consuming
or rather a burden.
There is a way to score well in MUET. One
thing for sure , never rely on your listening part even though i can
guarantee almost all of you would score a perfect score in school
level. WHY? 90% Of the time , the speakers in school tend to play a
prank on us. Yes, they’re always very "echo-ish" and you can’t possibly
listen well. Besides, Listening only gives you 15 % of the marks. BUT ,
i am not asking you to totally abandoned it.Just , do not trust the
school speakers.
The most important part is the reading
comprehension. It weigh up to 45 % of your marks. that’s like almost
half of the total marks. So , this part is VERY important. I used to
suck a lot in this part until one day , i found a very effective way to
understand the passage. UNDERLINE.
that’s the key word. Try to just read through very quickly the passage
cause the passage tend to be very long , and later read the question ,
so you know roughly what to find in the passage. Then read again and
underlined what you think it is important. You do not need to be
someone with bombastic English to score in this part. The most
important thing is , you understand roughly what the passage is about,
and trust me you’ll have no problem answering it. For the cloze text,
you’ll need to do a lot of sample test for it. Buy a lot of model
papers to do for this paper and later you’ll find most of the questions
are almost similar. Remember , this section is very important. If you
can score this part, you won’t need to worry about not scoring a band 4
again.
The speaking , honestly i do not know how they actually
judge it. Cause , i do have a "quite" good speaking English , but i
scored only 30 /45 . I was kind of disappointed because most of my
friends who speak really lousy English , they scored almost the same
marks . So , i think teachers are quite lenient if you cannot speak
good English , while if you’re good ,they will be strict. However , if
you can’t speak good English , do not ever try to use bombastic words.
This part is not bout what word you use (of course , it’s a credit if
you use beautiful words) , but it is more on how fluent your english
is. And if you really suck in speaking , just say it in broken english
, but make sure you get a point there and said it clearly.
The
writing section is often the most difficult part. I scored a "so-so"
mark for my writing , but i would say the question for the essays are
usually difficult. They’ll ask you things you never really thought of.
So , never underestimate any important agenda around , cause that’s the
one that most likely to come out.I don’t know , maybe it’s kind of like
a spell. (haha) however, it is important to know what is the hottest
news in the country because giving a realistic examples is a huge
credit.
I know that most of the time , the 1st batch MUET exam
often clash with school’s semester exam and often you’re on dilemma on
which to concentrate on. I was like that too. However, i later found
out the answer to my dilemma. That is, if you study for your MUET now
and score well, you will be free and have ample of time to study for
STPM. Remember , MUET is much more important than the school level semester exam.
So , prioritized on your MUET before the school semester exam. MUET is
what you need to enter university. You do not need your school semester
exam for university entry. Trust me , you wouldn’t have time to study
for the year end paper cause STPM subjects is enough to make you go
crazy.
I hope this help to those who are sitting for MUET next
month. Remember , just spend one whole month on your MUET, and you’ll
have the rest of the time to study for your STPM subjects and
concentrate on your reading comprehension!
All the best, yo!
(EXTRACTED FROM MALAYSIA STUDENTS BLOG,MELANIE)
