- Practice selective listening - not every word said is important and relevant .
- Jot down notes as the speaker talks
- If you can't hear the recording clearly . raise up your hand to inform the person in charged to increase the volume of the recording . It is not wrong to do so .
- Read up on various topics o familiarize yourself with the terms and spelling of various words
Friday, 28 October 2016
TIPS FOR LISTENING TEST
POSSIBLE TOPICS :
- Plastic surgery
- Environment ( global warming , climate change , deforestation , logging ...etc )
- Education ( school syllabus , education system , educators , student life ....etc )
- " How to " articles ( how to vote , how to file a report ....etc)
- Tourist attractions ( commercial format , advertisement flyers ...etc )
- Radio shows
- Animals ( extinct animals , endangered animals , poaching ... etc )
Monday, 24 October 2016
THE MUET LISTENING TEST WILL ASSESS CANDIDATES OWN THEIR ABILITY TO
- comprehend various types of oral text of varying length.
- master different levels of complexity in terms of content and language
- recognize main ideas
- recognize supporting details
- paraphrase
- distinguish the relevant from the irrelevant (filter out irrelevant information)
- interpret the speaker's views, attitudes and intentions
- distinguish fact from opinion
- summarize information
- draw conclusion
Saturday, 22 October 2016
tips for answering muet speaking
- TIPS FOR ANSWERING MUET SPEAKING
The MUET speaking test is one of the four areas which will be tested apart from reading, writing, and listening. This test is to evaluate the students fluency as well as their level of command in the English language. Unlike the other tests, the MUET speaking test is the only one which will require you to interact with three other students. It is aimed at testing your ability. Such as effectively convey your message and opinion across to others,think critically,keep a conversation going and also use the english language in a fluent and confident manner.
During the test,all four students will be given the same scenario but each of you is given
different questions. There are two parts to the speaking test Task A and Task
B. After a given question. students were given two minutes to prepare and 2
minutes for present.
*TIPS*
- Study the scenario or topic given carefully
- Make sure you don’t run out of topic
- Prepare 2 to 3 points to present on
- Make full use of the 2 minutes that you have.
- Dont go less than 1 minute 45 seconds/more than 2 minutes.
- If you don’t have as many points to speak about,talk slower.
- Dont relax after your turn! Keep an attentive ear to what the other candidates are talking about.
- write down the other students answers as they present their 2 minute speech (to prepare yourself for Task B)
TASK A
- Greet everyone and go straight to your task.
- You should not read from your notes without giving eye contact to the others in the group
- speak clearly and loudly so that your group members and the assessors can hear you.
- you should not paused for a long time.
- be focus and make sure your points are relevant to the task or question given.
TASK B
- Show your interest and take the initiative to start the discussion
- Look at the others when you speak and respond their comments
- You should take down notes when others are speaking
- You may keep to the views your presented in task A or change them
- You may support or negate points raised by other candidates but remember to be polite.
SPEAKING TIPS VIDEO
HOT TIPS FOR LISTENING MUET TEST!
OVERVIEW :
ITEM
|
DESCRIPTION
|
| WEIGHTAGE | 15% |
| DURATION | 30 MINUTES |
| NUMBER OF TEXTS | 5 |
| POSSIBLE GENRES | TELEPHONE CONVERSATION, INTERVIEW, DISCUSSION, LECTURE, BRIEFING, TALK, ANNOUNCEMENT, INSTRUCTIONS, ADVERTISEMENT AND NEWS |
| NO OF QUESTIONS | 20 |
| POSSIBLE QUESTION TYPES |
1. INFORMATION TRANSFER
|
THE LISTENING TASK
PAPER 1 IS DESIGNED TO ASSESS CANDIDATES’ ABILITY TO LISTEN TO AND COMPREHEND DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORAL TEXTS OF VARIOUS LENGTH AND COMPLEXITIES. THESE TEXTS MAY BE OF FORMAL AND ALSO INFORMAL SITUATION AND THEY WOULD REQUIRE MUET CANDIDATES TO PRACTISE PREDICTING ANSWER BASED ON THE CONTEXT OF THE LISTENING TEST. THEREFORE CANDIDATES MUST BE ABLE TO FOCUS AS THEY LISTEN TO THE RECORDING.
LANGUAGE SKILLS :
- LISTENING
- READING
- WRITING
PRE LISTENING:
- Listen to various listening inputs in English such as news, reports and interview
- Read the instructions carefully and pay attention to the number of words allowed to fill in the blanks as this will vary.
- Before each part, read the questions carefully.
- Pay attention to the stem of the questions as you may have to rephrase the information that you have obtained from the listening text in order to fill in the blanks.
- Guess the context of the listening input and try to predict the information that you are going to listen to.
- Pay attention to the introduction to each part as this will give you useful information about the situation and the speakers, intention.
WHILE LISTENING:
- Listen to the listening texts carefully
- As you listen, write down words which are relevant to the questions
- Write all the answer as you listen
- Do not panic if you have missed a question, concentrate on the next one
- Remember there will be a second listening
- Abide by the word count
- Write clearly- you would lose marks if your answer are not legible/ readable
- Check you spelling and grammar
- Make sure your answer make sense
- For MQSs identify the minimal differences between the options as sometimes these differences are key to finding to correct answer
- Do not leave and questions unanswered
LISTENING TIPS VIDEO
OVERVIEW
ITEM
|
DESCRIPTION
|
WEIGHTAGE
|
15%
|
DURATION
|
30 MINUTES
|
NUMBER OF TEXTS
|
5
|
POSSIBLE GENRES
|
TELEPHONE CONVERSATION, INTERVIEW, DISCUSSION, LECTURE, BRIEFING, TALK, ANNOUNCEMENT, INSTRUCTIONS, ADVERTISEMENT AND NEWS
|
NO OF QUESTIONS
|
20
|
POSSIBLE QUESTION TYPES
|
1. INFORMATION TRANSFER
2. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
3. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTINS
|
THE LISTENING TASK
PAPER 1 IS DESIGNED TO ASSESS CANDIDATES’ ABILITY TO LISTEN TO AND COPREHEND DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORAL TEXTS OF VARIOUS LENGTH AND COMPLEXITIES. THESE TEXTS MAY BE OF FORMAL AND ALSO INFORMAL SITTUAIONS AND THEY WOULD REQUIRE MUET CANDIDATES TO PRACTISE PREDICTING ANSWER BASED ON THE CONTEXT OF THE LISTENING TEST. THEREFORE CANDIDATES MUST BE ABLE TO FOCUS AS THEY LISTEN TO THE RECORDING.
SOME HOT TIPS FOR THE LISTENING TEST
PRE LISTENING:
J Listen to various listening inputs in English such as news, reports and interviews
J Read the instructions carefully and pay attention to the number of words allowed to fill in the blanks as this will vary.
J Before each part, read the questions carefully.
J Pay attention to the stem of the questions as you may have to rephrase the information that you have obtained from the listening text in order to fill in the blanks.
J Guess the context of the listening input and try to predict the information that you are going to listen to.
J Pay attention to the introduction to each part as this will give you useful information about the situation and the speakers, intention.
WHILE LISTENING:
J Listen to the listening texts carefully
J As you listen, write down words which are relevant to the questions
J Write all the answer as you listen
J Do not panic if you have missed a question, concentrate on the next one
J Remember there will be a second listening
J Abide by the word count
J Write clearly- you would lose marks if your answer are not legible/ readable
J Check you spelling and grammar
J Make sure your answer make sense
J For MQSs identify the minimal differences between the options as sometimes these differences are key to finding to correct answers
J Do not leave and questions unanswered
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