INTRODUCTION MUET READING PAPER

INTRODUCTION

The MUET Paper 3 exam aims to test student's comprehension of the information given in various text types. Candidates are tested not only on what is actually stated in the text but also on what can be inferred from the information given in the text. The texts given in the exam will vary in type, length and level of complexity and may be sourced from journals, newspaper and magazinearticles, academic texts and electronic texts. To date at least one of the texts includes a graphic stimuli such as a table, a chart or a graph. The following skills will be assessed when candidates take the reading paper.

SKILLS

COMPREHENSION

• ·         Skimming and scanning
• ·         Extracting specific information
• ·         Identifying main ideas
• ·         Identifying supporting details
• ·         Deriving the meaning of words, phrases, sentences from the context
• ·         Understanding linear and non-linear texts
• ·         Understanding relationship

1.      Within a sentence

2.      Between sentences

• ·         Recognizing a paraphrase

APPLICATION

• ·         Predicting outcomes
• ·         Applying a concept to a new situation
• ·         Understanding language functions
• ·         Interpreting linear and non-linear texts

ANALYSIS

• ·         Distinguishing the relevant from the irrelevant
• ·         Distinguishing fact from opinion
• ·         Making inferences

SYNTHESIS

• ·         Relating ideas and concepts

-   Within a paragraph

-   Between paragraphs

• ·         Following the development of a point or an argument
• ·         Summarizing information

EVALUATION

• ·         Appraising information
• ·         Making judgements
• ·         Drawing conclusions
• ·         Recognizing and interpreting writers views, attitudes or intentions