Jumping In

Teaching Proposal

Basic MUET Teaching Plan and Strategy Proposal for Students of Madrasah Al-Khairiyah 2024

Exposure Phase

Date/Time	Topic	Skills	Activities
Week 1 Thursday 25 April 2024 2 hours	Introduction to MUET	Understanding the test format conforming to CEFR	Listening to briefing and perform short informal exercises
Week 2 Thursday 2 May 2024 2 hours	Listening Comprehension	Understanding the specific listening comprehension format	Listening to audio cuts and answer short listening comprehension questions
Week 3 Thursday 9 May 2024 2 hours	Speaking Test	Understanding the specific speaking test format	Responding to questions and understanding the tasks. Understanding and performing short speaking test questions conforming to proper format
Week 4 Thursday 16 May 2024 2 hours	Comprehension test	Understanding the specific test format	Answering question based on short passages
Week 5 Thursday 23 May 2024 2 hours	Writing Test	Understanding the specific test format	Writing short paragraphs conforming to proper organization

Getting to know MUET

MUET Latest Format

Session 1 Part 1

(24 April 2024)

2024 (April, August and December)

The link:

https://www.mpm.edu.my/en/muet/regulations-and-test-specifications-bi

Session 1 Part 2 (25 April 20240)

Grammatical- Translation Method vs Subject-Verb-Object Approach for Teachers and Students

We have heard of GTM (Grammar-Translation Method) before and most of us have been exposed and taught this way. This approach entails the use of grammatical components as the main approach in the teaching of English. In examinations, this approach seems to be quite effective as teachers drill the students with grammar which most of it deals with nouns, verbs and prepositions. They are then trained to write maintaining the common grammatical components. Of course, the students managed to get through with flying colours upon choosing to write narratives! In other words, they escaped writing factual passages which require them to organise their thoughts and write cohesively and coherently. This has been going on for years until they (the students) are put to a halt when they have to sit for MUET. What happens is, they have no choice but to write ONE factual essay which they have never done before. They do not even know how to start.