What it’s like...

Form Six student Loong Zhing Zhia, St. John's Institution, Kuala Lumpur, MUET 2020 Session 2 candidate

The revised format has more questions with varying difficulties and tests one’s capabilities quite well. The Speaking and Writing tasks are most enjoyable for me. I’m quite prepared for the test. My MUET teacher Ms. Doreen Da Costa gave a lot of exercises and provided me with many chances to further improve my language skills. One example would be her recommendation for the whole class to participate in the Write it Right essay competition run by The Star’s Newspaper-in-Education (NiE) team periodically. The equal distribution of marks for all four test components shows that to truly master a language, the four skills are equally important. Not only that, it could truly test one’s mastery of the language much more effectively.

— Form Six student Chong Zi Ying,

Kolej Tingkatan Enam Bandar Utama,

Petaling Jaya, Selangor,

MUET 2021 Session 2 registered candidate

One has to truly be an all-rounder with the new scoring system. There are more band levels, making it more difficult to score a high band if one’s language capability is not up to par. The new Writing Task 1 is easier for me because I’m better at thinking out of the box, and the topic is easier to relate. The previous report writing task was limiting in comparison. Both writing tasks in the revised format test students’ general knowledge.

— Form Six student Loong Zhing Zhia,

St. John’s Institution, Kuala Lumpur,

MUET 2020 Session 2 candidate