The Assessment of non-English Lecturer English Skills through TOEFL Training and Test at a Private College in Jakarta

research
  • 01 Jul
  • 2021

The Assessment of non-English Lecturer English Skills through TOEFL Training and Test at a Private College in Jakarta

The lecturers are supposed to increase their English competence which is indicated by their TOEFL scores. This research is aimed to know the measurement of English skills toward the non-English lecturers from different background by joining the TOEFL training and test. There are twenty selected-lecturers to join it at one of Private colleges around Jakarta and due the requirement of lecturers’ certification. It has Listening, Structure-Written Expression, and Reading Comprehension. The research form is done by providing a field research; by two matters of obtaining the data, they are: by using written test and giving observation. While for the assessment, it has two steps; the first is providing the lecturers to do the pretest which purposes to know the current level of TOEFL mastery and the second is giving the post-test, which reflects to know the final comprehension after joining the TOEFL training. Before it, the lecturers have the opportunity to have the TOEFL training for about two months intensively, thrice of sessions within a week. The result, mostly, the lecturers have the predicate of Beginner in achieving their TOEFL final score through the training. The mean score points out 421.

REFERENSI

Fahim, Bagherkazemi, A. (2010). Journal of Language Teaching and Research. The Relationship between Test Takers‟ Critical Thinking Ability and Their Performance on the Reading Section of TOEFL, 1, 830–837. Retrieved from
http://www.academypublication.com/issues/past/jltr/vol01/06/11.pdf
Gay, L.R., Mills, G. E., & Airasian, P. (2006). Educational Research ((8 ed)). New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.
Lulu Ekadini, D. R. (2018). English Education Journal. Cognitive and Structure-Proposition Evaluation Strategies in Teaching TOEFL Reading Comprehension to High Low Motivated Students, 1, 310.
Mufidah, N. (2014). Journal on English as a Foreign Language. The English Teachers’ Mastery in TOEFL Prediction, 4, 80.
UHAMKA International Conference on ELT and CALL (UICELL)
Jakarta, 21-22 November 2019
Noroozi, A. &. (2014). Theory and Practice in Language Studies. The Relationship between SelfAwareness and Learners’ Performance on Different Reading Comprehension Test Types among Iranian EFL Elementary Learners, 4, 675–785. Retrieved from http://www.academypublication.com/issues/past/tpls/vol04/04/03.pdf
Pan, Y.-C. (2009). TEFLIN Journal. Test Impact: English Certification Exit Requirements in Taiwan, 20, 119–139. Retrieved from https://www.teflin.org/journal/index.php/journal/article/view/87
Phillips, D. (2001). Longman Complete Course for the TOEFL Test. In Preparation for the
Computer and Paper Test (1st ed., p. viii). New York: Pearson Education.
Rogers, B. (2005). Peterson’s TOEFL Success. (Z. Ziegler, Ed.), www.peterson.com (5th Edition).
United States of America: Heinle & Heinle/Thomson Learning.
Sailendra, T. (2016). TOEFL. In Ian (Ed.), Total TOEFL; Bank Soal Asli dan Bahas Soal (1st ed., p. 1). Jogjakarta: Bright Publisher.
Sharpe, P. (2000). Barron’s How to Prepare for the TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign
Language. Jakarta: Binarupa Aksara.
Wagner. Ruel, G. (2016). The Practice of Survey Research. (K. Bierach, Ed.). USA: SAGE
Publication, Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd.
Walker, Ary, Jacob, I. (2019). Introduction to Research Education. (P. Popin Araceli, Ed.) (1st ed.). USA: 20 Channel Center Street.
Zareva, A. (2005). Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching. What Is New in the New TOEFL-iBT 2006 Test Format?, 2, 45 47. Retrieved from
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4eae/54f6a467c61abd61074c5e916c7519ee98d5.pdf

Cari

Bidang Ilmu

Kategori

Kiriman Terbaru