MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY ENGLISH TEST

SCHEME OF WORK (TERMLY) 2014

TERM 1 (JUNE NOV 2014)
WEEK

SKILLS/UN
IT

SKILL SPECIFICATION

General listening strategies

(pre, during, post listening)
(effective listening)

Greetings, leave-takings,
Introduction

Scanning (tables, charts, ads,

invoices, etc)
Scanning a passage for relevant
info.

LISTENING

SPEAKING
25 & 26
16th
27th June
READING

WRITING

Revising Basic Patterns in English

Expanding Sentences

Listening for specific information

Talking about oneself to others

- Dialogues/impromptu roleplaying

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

LISTENING

SPEAKING
27 & 28
30th June
11th
July

READING

WRITING

Listening for specific details

additional practices

Asking for and giving directions

Deriving meaning of words using

contextual clues.

Developing thesis statements.

Listening for main ideas and

supporting details.

Asking for and giving specific

LISTENING

29 & 30
14th -25th
July

SPEAKING

READING

WRITING
31 & 32
28th July
08th
August

LISTENING
SPEAKING

NOTES

READING

WRITING

SPEAKING

Listening to paraphrase &

summarise

Distinguishing between facts &

opinions.
Asking for and giving opinions.

READING

WRITING

LISTENING

35 & 36
25th
August
05th Sept

SPEAKING

Listening to take notes

Stating and justifying opinions.

Interpreting info in non-linear texts

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

Listening to take notes additional

practices

Agreeing and disagreeing.

Drawing conclusions using

inference.

Writing expository essays:

- Defining concepts
- Explaining ideas
Listening to specific info to
complete task

LISTENING

37 & 38
08th
26th Sept

SPEAKING

READING

WRITING
39 & 40
29th Sept
10th Oct

LISTENING
SPEAKING

Revise the previous skills

skimming, scanning, contextual
clues, main ideas, topic sentences,
supporting details.
Writing introductions and
conclusions.

READING

WRITING

Identifying topic sentences and

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

LISTENING

33 & 34
11th
22nd
August

information.
Using WH-Questions

Responding to agreement &

disagreement

Summarising and paraphrasing

paragraphs

Writing expository essays:

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

READING

WRITING

LISTENING

41 & 42
13th
24th Oct

SPEAKING

Interacting in a group

Revision of prev. skills (refer from

week 25)

Writing argumentative essays.

Recognising facts and opinions

Expressing opinions

Identifying facts and opinions.

Interpreting non-linear texts.

Directed writing: Interpreting nonlinear 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

READING

WRITING

LISTENING

43 & 44
27th Oct
07th Nov

SPEAKING

READING

WRITING

LISTENING

45 & 46
10th
21st Nov

SPEAKING

READING

WRITING

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)