Outlining the Possible Learning Outcomes Attainable by MUET Students Based on the Test Specification Provided by MPM (An

attempt to
develop critical academic sub-skills for Post Secondary students).

MONTH/WEEK/DATE TARGETED SKILLS LEARNING OUTCOME ACTIVITIES

The students will be able to: The students will acquire the skills through
these activities:
Using grammatically Use noun and pronoun agreement correctly.
May correct language. Subject and verb agreement correctly. 1. Story telling.
Week 20 Past Perfect Tense 2. Role play ‘ news reporting”.
15 – 19 May Conditional Sentences 3. Weather forecasting game.
Future tense
Using correct Pronounce correctly the following: 1. Pronunciation activities.
May pronunciation, stress English vowels
Week 21 and intonation Consonants
22 – 26 May Diphthongs
Schwa sounds
Linking sounds
Silenced sounds
Gawai /Mid-Year Break
Speaking with i. Maintain confident postures, eye contacts, body
June confidence and language, distant and volume when talking in Individual presentation
Week 24 fluency social and formal contexts.
12 – 16 June ii. Speak in a clear voice.
iii. Speak in correct full sentences with appropriate
natural pauses, correct intonation and correct
pronunciation.
iv. Speak in a wide range of styles to achieve certain
effects i.e stern voice, friendly, persuasive voice,
warning voice, sarcastic and etc.
Using language i. Give opinion on a topic with appropriate facts and
June appropriate for the relevant descriptive details. 1. Dialogues
Week 25 intended purpose ii. Speak clearly using appropriate volume and pitch 2. Phone conversation
19 – 23 June and audience. for the purpose and audience. 3. Interview a VIP
iii. Distinguish different levels of formality. 4. Discussion
iv. Speak in complete sentences in order to provide
requested details or clarification for a task or
topic.
v. Prepare and organize ideas sequentially or around
the main points of information that relate to the
topic.
 June Using varied i. Use vocabulary that are relevant to the topic
Week 26 vocabulary and discussed and are adequate to demonstrate
26 – 30 June expressions. understanding of the topic. 1. Watch political campaign speeches.
ii. Avoid any biased language including language with
racial, ethnic, group, or gender bias or language
that is stereotypical.
iii. Using appropriate figurative expressions to further
enhance communication.
Using varied i. Use varying subject or word choice. 1. Speaking in pairs
July sentence structures. ii. Use varying sentence length 2. Dialoques
Week 27 iii. Use varying sentence length 3. Role Play
3 – 7 July iv. Use varying sentence structure
Observing i. Observing appropriate levels of formality. 1. Analyze recorded speeches (gone
July conventions ii. Using vocabulary appropriate to the levels of wrong) i.e controversial viral talk
Week 28 appropriate to a formality. shows.
10 – 14 July specific situations. iii. Observing the purpose of a speaking
task/activity.
iv. Using vocabulary and expressions that are
suitable for the purpose.
Developing and i. Plan the outline of speeches and presentations. 1. Prepare outlines
July organizing ideas. ii. List down the key points for a presentation. 2. Brainstorming
Week 29 iii. Arrange the key points in a logical order or 3. Sentence expansion
17 – 21 July importance 4. Idea expansion
iv. Expand on the key points by answering the WH
questions.
v. Develop an interesting introduction.
vi. Developing an effective closing.
Using varied i. Use vocabulary that are relevant to the topic
Week 30 vocabulary and discussed and are adequate to demonstrate
24 – 28 July expressions. understanding of the topic. 2. Watch political campaign speeches.
ii. Avoid any biased language including language with
racial, ethnic, group, or gender bias or language
that is stereotypical.
iii. Using appropriate figurative expressions to further
enhance communication.
August Using varied v. Use varying subject or word choice. 4. Speaking in pairs
Week 31 sentence structures. vi. Use varying sentence length 5. Dialoques
1 -4 August vii. Use varying sentence length 6. Role Play
viii. Use varying sentence structure
Using appropriate i. Use appropriate transition and linking words. 1. Written linkers/transition work
Week 32 markers and linking exercises.
7 – 11 August devices.
 Week 33 Using anaphora i. Use anaphora in speech to lay emphasis on the 1. Practice using anaphora in speeches.
14 – 18 August appropriately idea they want to convey or for self-affirmation 2. Practice speaking cohesively using
together with other (deliberate repetition of the first part of the varied and appropriate cohesive
cohesive devices. sentence in order to achieve artistic effect). devices.
ii. Use suitable cohesive devices for various
functions in their speeches.
Defining, describing i. To give details about what someone or something 1. Story telling
Week 34 and explaining is like or to describe someone or something as 2. Role play “ wanted person” profiling.
21 – 25 August something 3. Dream house
ii. To describe clearly and exactly what something 4. Dream job
is. 5. Dream partner
iii. Talk about pros and cons of something. 6. Give response to open ended
iv. Talk about strengths and weaknesses of prompts
someone.
v. Use suitable analogies to make concepts clearer.
vi. Use questioning to check whether explanation is
clear.
MID TERM 2 BREAK
Comparing and i. Use “ would you rather ..?” questions. 1. Role play
contrasting ii. Use rating and ranking .
iii. Use comparisons over time.
September iv. Use similes and metaphors.
Week 36 v. Use analogies.
4 - 8 September
Classifying *Ideas i. Use Edward de Bono’s “End Categories” to
September classify ideas into 8 categories as they negotiate 1. Group Discussion practices
Week 37 options of viewpoints for the individual
11 - 15 September presentation and also for the group interaction.
-Directly usable ideas
-Good ideas but not for us
-Good ideas but not for now
-Needs more work
-Powerful ideas but not usable
-Interesting but not usable
-Weak value
-Unworkable
ii. Learn to use different strategies to make group decisions:
-one person decisions
-democratic decisions
-unanimous decisions
-compromise
-consensus
-postponing
-not deciding
-the final options
iii. Use effective techniques to evaluate and classify ideas
 -high vs low impact ideas
-high vs low difficulty ideas
iii. Be aware of different group decision-making techniques
i.e nominal-group technique and Deplhie Techniques.
Giving reasons i. Use appropriate vocabulary and linking words to
Week 38 give reasons.
18 – 22 September ii. Using varied techniques to give reasons.
iii. Construct complete reasons based on ‘Why
questions”.

Giving opinions i. Decide how to effectively convey opinions in a

Week 39 way that is suitable and appropriate to the i. Take turns to give opinions on a
25 – 29 September situation : series of controversial issues.
-strong and firm opinion
-careful and cautious opinion
-objective opinion.
-subjective opinion.
Making suggestions i. Use the base form of the verb in a question
October and Eg. Why don’t you/we go to a movie? 1. Role play activity
Week 40 recommendations ii. Use the base form of the verb in a statement.
2 – 6 Oct. Eg. We/You could go to a movie.
iii. Use the base form of the verb with ‘let’s’
Eg. Lets go../Lets do../Lets choose..
iv. Using the ‘ing’ form of the verb in a question
Eg. What about going to the movie?
v. Using ‘suggest’ object verb in the base form in a
statement.
Eg. I suggest you/we go to a movie.
Expressing i. Express formal and informal agreement. 1. Giving impromptu response to any
October agreement and ii. Express formal and informal disagreement. statements made.
Week 41 disagreement iii. Express complete/absolute agreement and 2. Use color coded cards to express
9 – 13 Oct/ disagreement. agreement and disagreement.
iv. Express partial agreement and disagreement.
Seeking clarification i. Ask non-directive questions to seek clarification.
Eg. When you said that…what did you mean? 1. Take turns to ask for clarification
Ocotber Could you repeat..? and to clarify.
Week 42 ii. Ask open questions to assist a speaker to talk
16 – 20 October about an issue (most effectively using when,
where, how or why)
Eg, why do say so? When did you start feeling like
this? How do you know that this is true?
iii. Use close questions to elicit a yes or no response
from other speakers.
Eg. Did you agree with..?
Do you always feel this way?
iv. Reflect on what the other speaker has said
 Eg. I feel …after listening to what you have said…
v. Summarize (at the end of a conversation) and
check whether the summary is as what the
speaker intended his/her message to be.
vi.
Asking for and giving i. Use appropriate WHYs questions to ask for
information information.
Eg. Why do you say so? 1. Pair works (take turns to ask for and
ii. Use “could you explain” structure to ask for more give information).
information.
October iii. Use “what is the reason” structure.
Week 43 iv. To use simple and clear structure to give
23 – 27 October information starting with the basic “because”
structure.
Persuading Use a variety of persuasive speaking methods that suit the
students personal style, purpose and audience . 1. Prepare outline of speech using
various persuasion methods taught in
i. Use The Genard Method class.
(www.genardmethod.com). 2. Prepare or record speeches using
Eg. Shape/frame the issue+ Establish common varied persuasion methods.
ground/areas of agreement+Introduce/surprise
audience with an unexpected new argument) +Use
emotional language.
ii. Yale Attitude Change Approach
(changingminds.org
iii. Berrien’s Persuasion Tools Model ( Bargaining,
Compromise, Emotion, Logic).
iv. The Flower Theory of Persuasion ( Understand the
plant (the idea, the attitude that needs change),
Prepare the ground, Sow the seed, water the
plant, remove any weeds, harvest the crop).
v. Rank’s Intensify/Downplay Schemata (Intensify :
Repetition,association,composition /Downplay:
Diversion, omission, confusion.
vi. 3 As of Persuasion ( Acknowledge, Appreciate and
Ask)
vii. E Ways to Persuade –appeal to ethos, patos and
logos ( ethos means reputation, credibility/pathos
appeals to emotions/logos focuses on the
argument, using cool logic and rational
explanation.
viii. Kellerman and Cole’s 64 Compliance Gaining
Strategies.
Drawing conclusions i. Use varied, appropriate and grammatical language 1. Prepare and present effective
to draw conclusion at the end of speeches, conclusions for different speeches
presentations and discussions. under different topics.
ii. Repeat significant words or phrases.
iii. Restate –use different language to restate the
same points.
iv. Use exclamation for emphasis
v. Use a question for which the answer is obvious.
Stating and justifying i. Use appropriate expressions to state points in
points of view view in social and formal contexts. 1. Individual presentation practice.
ii. Know the difference between justification and
reasons.
iii. Use basic phrases to justify an opinion in English
Eg. Because…the reason is…The fact suggests…the
evidence shows…
iv. Use intermediate phrases to justify opinions:
Eg. The first reason I believe this is most
important is…
The main reason I feel this way is…
There are several reasons why I believe this…
v. Use advanced English phrases to justify opinion
when there is uncertainty.
Eg. I don’t have any special reason for believing
this. It just seems right.
I could be wrong as I don’t have special reason to
justify this. It just seems right to me.
vi. Use logical evidence to support opinions.

Presenting an i. Decide basically what their opinion/standpoint is

argument on the topic/issue. 1. Mini debate.
ii. Think and plan what the main points of the 2. Mini Forum.
argument would be. 3. Mini Talk Show.
iii. Structure arguments carefully by stating the
introduction, presenting both sides of the
argument in a logical and coherent manner using
grammatical language and using appropriate
examples and evidence.
iv. Use a range of strategies to present arguments i.e
topical strategies ( order information by matter of
relevance or importance according to current
events), chronological order ( sequence of time),
strongest –weakest
Managing a i. Use varied methods to initiate and manage a
discussion discussion i.e
KWA Approach (key words approach), SPELT 1. Group discussion practice.
 Initiating Approach (social-political-economical-legal-
 Turn-taking technological) approach, VAP Approach (viewpoint
 Interrupting of affected parties approach),
ii. Introduce self and the purpose of the discussion.
 Prompting
iii. State an open opinion about the topic and ask
 Negotiating
open-ended questions to elicit responses from
 Closing
other speakers.
iv. Highlight the positive sides of your viewpoints.
v. Find common areas of agreement with other
speakers.
vi. Apply varied decision making methods in group
discussion.
vii. Interrupt a conversation politely.
viii. Understand the different personalities in a group
and handle challenging group members tactfully.
ix. Understand the objective(s) of negotiation i.e to
solve problems, to draw conclusion, to decide.
x. Understand the features of distributive and
integrative negotiation ( www.negotiations.com).
xi. Listen carefully and observe the other side’s
behavior.
xii. Analyze the issue and the interests/intention of
the other side.
xiii. Main control of emotion and be patient and
respectful of the other side.
xiv. Identify the problem and find the ways to solve it.
xv. Use verbal and non-verbal influencing skills.
xvi. Communicate with emotive words.
xvii. Close a speech/discussion with a summary,
restatement, exclamation and etc.
Task Fulfillment i. Underline the viewpoint assigned.
ii. Determine the slant on the issue and connect with i. Full format individual
Presenting relevant the viewpoint assigned. presentations.
ideas iii. Think about at least 3 strongest points to support
the viewpoint.
Providing adequate iv. Prepare relevant, logical and persuasive reasons
content to back up the view point.
v. Give adequate examples and details to support
the reasons given.
Showing mature vi. Use appropriate tone when speaking .
treatment of topic vii. Speaking from diaphragm.
viii. Speak using appropriate and varied vocabulary.
ix. Know when and when not to speak.
x. Speak with a sincere and humble tone i.e no
talking down to people, sarcastic and etc.