Students’ feedback on learning skills to enhance MUET results

Abstract

The Ministry of Education has initiated an official directive for every student to sit for the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) as a way to ensure they meet the minimum level set for their language proficiency in English. Similarly, at University of Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), the method of using the results of MUET would be used as a measure of student competence, admission requirements as well as placement in various academic programs. Thus, this study was conducted to identify the most suitable approaches to improve the performance in MUET based on the university students’ feedback for the related skill. This research employed quantitative method involving undergraduates from the Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education (FPTV), UTHM, Johor. 217 students answered the questionnaire and gave opinion through an online questionnaire. The data analysis showed that the majority of respondents chose the speaking component with a frequency of 30% as the most difficult components of MUET followed by reading component with a percentage of 25%. Meanwhile, the writing and listening components recorded a frequency of 25% and 21% respectively. The paper also presented the suggestions provided by the respondents where they were very positive to improve their learning in English especially in speaking. The findings could help the FPTV students at UTHM enhance scores and obtain a better result in MUET in the future.