MUET

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Malaysia University English Test (MUET) is a test of English language proficiency, largely for university admissions. The test is set and run by the Malaysian Examinations Council (which also runs the Malaysia Higher School Certificate test) and largely recognized only in Malaysia and Singapore.

Most candidates who sit for MUET do so to apply for admissions in public universities and colleges, known as Public Institutes of Higher Education (Institut Pengajian Tinggi Awam - IPTA). MUET is largely optional, if considered at all, in applying for admissions in other universities and colleges in Malaysia as well as National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University. Most of those who do consider MUET in admission applications allocate little weightage to it. Most universities, including many who offer "twinning" courses with local private colleges, outside these two countries do not consider MUET as an acceptable test for English language proficiency.

Candidates usually have to register via their institution, private candidates with their State Education Department, with a registration fee of RM60 (a little more than US$16). The registration fee was RM50 (about US$14) and has been increased to RM 60 since 2006. Although Malaysian government has decided to abolish the examination fees from 2007 onwards, MUET will remain as a paid test.

1 Components, Scoring and Grading
2 Locations and test dates
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Components, Scoring and Grading

There are four components in MUET, that being Listening (800/1), Speaking (800/2), Reading Comprehension (800/3) and Writing (800/4)^[1]. The maximum scores for each component is 45 for Listening and Speaking, 135 for Reading Comprehension and 75 for Writing, with an aggregate score of 300. The scores are then graded in 6 bands, with Band 6 the highest and Band 1 the lowest. Scores below Band 1 are not graded.

Candidates are tested for all components each test session, the highest combined marks for every test session a candidate registered for shall only be used for university admission.

[edit] Locations and test dates

The Malaysia Examination Council largely test centres are largely in national secondary schools (Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan) that offers Form 6, matriculation colleges, certain universities, as well as certain private and semi-private colleges like Tunku Abdul Rahman College. The test is run twice annually, usually in late May or early June as well as late October or early November (which were usually reserved for private candidates).

Three components - Listening, Reading Comprehension and Writing, are usually tested on the same day - always a second or fourth Saturday of the month, all with the same paper nationwide. The Speaking component is tested both in individual task and in groups of up to four, with papers different, most of the time, with other groups - and changes always every examination day. When a test centre uses the same question paper for the Speaking component for more than one group, other groups are sequestered until every group have either finished the test or in the examination room.