MUET Writing Test Specifications

Candidates are assessed on their ability to write various types of text covering a range of rhetorical styles.

MUET writing test assessment will cover the following:
(i) accuracy

• using correct spelling and mechanics
• using correct grammar
• using correct sentence structures

(ii) appropriacy

• using varied vocabulary and expressions
• using clear varied sentences
• using language appropriate for the intended purpose and audience
• observing conventions appropriate to a specific situation or text type

(iii) coherence and cohesion

• developing and organising ideas
• using appropriate markers and linking devices
• using anaphora appropriately together with other cohesive devices

(iv) use of language functions

• defining, describing, explaining
• comparing and contrasting
• classifying
• giving reasons
• giving opinions
• expressing relationships
• making suggestions and recommendations
• expressing agreement and disagreement
• persuading
• interpreting information from non-linear texts
• drawing conclusions
• stating and justifying points of view
• presenting an argument

(v) task fulfillment

• presenting relevant ideas
• providing adequate content
• showing a mature treatment of topic

Possible genres
Report, article, letter, essay