PROGRAMME STANDARDS: This set of Programme Standards has been prepared to enhance the development of educational programmes in languages and to maintain the quality of graduates. It is hoped that with this document, higher education providers will be able to provide quality education in languages and its related fields. Programme Standards: Language First Edition 2019 Updates October 2020 Malaysian Qualifications Agency Mercu MQA No. 3539, Jalan Teknokrat 7 Cyber 5 63000 Cyberjaya Selangor Tel +6003-8688 1900 Fax +6003-8688 1911 Email
[email protected] Website www.mqa.gov.my Malaysian Qualifications Agency 2019 ISBN: All the Agency’s publications are available on our web site: www.mqa.gov.my CONTENTS Page FOREWORD i ABBREVIATIONS ii 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY 4 2.1 PROGRAMME EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES 4 2.2 LEARNING OUTCOMES 5 2.3 CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DELIVERY 13 3. ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING 21 4. STUDENT SELECTION 24 5. ACADEMIC STAFF 28 6. EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 33 7. PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT 34 8. PROGRAMME MONITORING, REVIEW AND CONTINUAL QUALITY 35 IMPROVEMENT REFERENCES 37 APPENDICES APPENDIX 1: LIST OF PANEL MEMBERS 38 APPENDIX 2: LIST OF ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THE 39 STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOPS AND PILOT VISIT APPENDIX 3: BODY OF KNOWLEDGE 41 APPENDIX 4: NOMENCLATURES 48 APPENDIX 5: AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT 50 APPENDIX 6: COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR 51 LANGUAGES (CEFR) COMMON REFERENCE LEVELS (GLOBAL SCALE) APPENDIX 7: TABLE OF COMPARISON OF CEFR WITH OTHER 55 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS GLOSSARY 56 FOREWORD In its effort to ensure that the programmes offered by Higher Education Providers (HEPs) in Malaysia meet the acceptable level of quality, the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) has published numerous quality assurance documents such as the Malaysian Qualifications Framework (MQF), Code of Practice for Programme Accreditation (COPPA), Code of Practice for Institutional Audit (COPIA), Standards, Programme Standards (PS) and Guidelines to Good Practices (GGP).