JTM ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TEST (JEPT)

By ,ILJTM English

Cluster

I have to speak

English or Manglish???

CURRENT SITUATION…

English language - quite taboo among ILJTM graduates.

Even some - referred the language as ‘Colonial Language’.

being proficient in English language is an advantage for ILJTM graduates.

ILJTM graduates -‘hot cakes’ in industries because they are well known for their skills.

But the lacking in them are language proficiency.

ISSUES :SKILLS DEFICIT

AnalysisCommunicationLanguage ProficiencyProblem Solving

OUR FOCUS IS…

STUDENT CENTERED

Decision making

Participation

Active Engagement

Problem Solving

Critical Thinking

OBJECTIVESEmployability skillsGraduate imageMeet job market

PURPOSE OF JEPT

JEPT implemented to measure and increase students’ English competency level to meet job market requirement.

In order to run the implementation, the English teachers from selected institutes will conduct 3 assessments namely Pre-Test, Interim and Post Test.

By having run such implementation, it will be easier to keep track upon ILJTM’s undergraduate’s proficiency level. Since it is our first step, our respondents merely taken from semester 1.

SCHEDULE OF JEPT The board of JTM English cluster has

agreed upon to a consensus, whereby the 3 assessments will be conducted as below:

Pre-Test week 1-3 Interim Week 7-9Post Test Week 13-15 

COMPONENTS

JEPT assess all 4 skills namely Reading ,writing, Speaking and listeningReading Whereby students will be given a text of 5

questions and they are required to answer those questions in 30 minutes time frame.

10 marks awarded for this test. Once the marks out, it is easier for the

teacher to categorise the students into band 1-3.

WRITING

In this part students will be exposed to 2- 3 pictures. They are required to write 5 sentences in 30 minutes.

Total marks given 10 and teacher will categorise the students into band1 -3.

Listening Listening test will last long for 20

minutes and students have to listen one text only which comprises 5 questions.

They need circle the correct answer. Total marks given 10 and teacher will categorise the students into band1 -3.

SPEAKING For this test students must be in a

group of 5 to 6. Then, they need to share their point of

view based on shown image by teacher.

Each individual is given 5 minutes only. Total marks given 10 and teacher will

categorise the students into band1 -3.

TIMING

The duration given for each test is as follows:

Reading : 30 minutes Writing : 30 minutes Listening :20 minutes Speaking :5 minutes

SCALE JTM Scale Uses Likert Scale and there 10 items. Teacher

must fill in each item by using the given scales.

COMPARISON

The differences between JEPT(JTM English ProficiencyTest),MUET (Malaysian English Test) and IELTS (International English Language Testing System) are:

the band system number of questions the difficulty level

PILOT INSTITUTE

In order to run the research, a bigger scale picture

is not advisable. Randomly picked 6 institutes. Industrial Training Institute of Kangar (ILPK) Industrial Training Institute of Perai (ILPP) Industrial Training Institute of Pedas (ILPP) Industrial Training Institute of Kuala Lumpur

(ILPKL) Industrial Training Institute of Bukit Katil

(ILPBK) Industrial Training Institute of Selandar (ILPS)

CONCLUSION The purpose of this guideline is: to observe, to measure, to analyse and To apply the underlying methods/

approaches so that it can be used to ILJTM undergrads.

Thus, the whole agenda is to give freedom of speech for these trainees so that they can use the language effectively and meet the needs of industry.