WEEK

MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY ENGLISH TEST

SCHEME OF WORK (TERMLY) 2014
TERM 1 (JUNE NOV 2014)

SKILLS/UNIT
LISTENING

SKILL SPECIFICATION

General listening strategies

(pre, during, post listening)
(effective listening)
Greetings, leave-takings, Introduction

25 & 26
16th 27th
June

SPEAKING

READING

WRITING

Scanning (tables, charts, ads, invoices, etc)

Scanning a passage for relevant info.
Revising Basic Patterns in English
Expanding Sentences

Listening for specific information

LISTENING

SPEAKING
27 & 28
30th June
11th July

READING

Talking about oneself to others

Dialogues/impromptu role-playing
Skimming a text to get general idea, pattern
of organization & point of view.
Identifying features which aid to
cohesiveness of text.
Using discourse markers in writing

WRITING

LISTENING

Listening for specific details additional

practices
Asking for and giving directions

29 & 30
14th -25th
July

SPEAKING

READING

Deriving meaning of words using contextual

clues.
Developing thesis statements.

WRITING

31 & 32
28th July
08th August

LISTENING

Listening for main ideas and supporting

details.

SPEAKING

Asking for and giving specific information.

Using WH-Questions

READING

WRITING

Identifying topic sentences and supporting

details.
Deriving the main idea of a text.
Writing topic sentences and supporting
details.

NOTES

 Listening to paraphrase & summarise

LISTENING

33 & 34
11th 22nd
August

SPEAKING

READING

Distinguishing between facts & opinions.

Asking for and giving opinions.
Revise the previous skills skimming,
scanning, contextual clues, main ideas, topic
sentences, supporting details.
Writing introductions and conclusions.

WRITING
Listening to take notes
LISTENING
Stating and justifying opinions.
35 & 36
25th August
05th Sept

SPEAKING

READING

Interpreting info in non-linear texts &

transferring info from linear to non-linear
text.
Writing descriptive essays.

WRITING
Listening to take notes additional practices
LISTENING
Agreeing and disagreeing.
37 & 38
08th 26th
Sept

SPEAKING
Drawing conclusions using inference.
READING

WRITING

Writing expository essays:

Defining concepts
Explaining ideas
Listening to specific info to complete task

LISTENING
Responding to agreement & disagreement
39 & 40
29th Sept
10th Oct

SPEAKING
Summarising and paraphrasing paragraphs
READING

WRITING

LISTENING
41 & 42
13th 24th
Oct

Writing expository essays:

Describing states
Describing process
Listening to spec info to complete task
(additional practices)

Interacting in a group
SPEAKING
READING

Revision of prev. skills (refer from week 25)

 Writing argumentative essays.

WRITING
Recognising facts and opinions
LISTENING
Expressing opinions
43 & 44
27th Oct
07th Nov

SPEAKING

READING

WRITING

LISTENING

45 & 46
10th 21st
Nov

SPEAKING

READING

WRITING

Identifying facts and opinions.

Interpreting non-linear texts.
Directed writing: Interpreting non-linear
texts.
Use of phrasal verbs.
Revision of all skills learned
Phonetics, pronunciations
Grammar & Vocabulary exercises
Revision of all skills learned
Phonetics, pronunciations
Grammar & Vocabulary exercises
Revision of all skills learned
Spelling exercises
Grammar & Vocabulary exercises
Revision of all skills learned
Spelling exercises
Grammar & Vocabulary exercises

23rd Nov 31st Dec YEAR END HOLIDAY

- New scheme of work for Term 2 will be distributed after holiday

Prepared by
Jasidah Idang
(any questions, reach me at 0165820278)