This paper reports on a study on students’ perceptions of a school-based English proficiency test. Administering a 60-item survey to 526 students in three different study years at a university in Beijing, the study revealed that (1) most students perceived different parts of the test difficult, (2) the majority of the participants felt anxious during the test, (3) first-year students considered the proficient test the easiest, felt the least anxious, and performed the best in the test, (4) students who considered one part of the proficiency test more difficult tended to score lower in that part, perceive other parts more challenging and feel more anxious during the test, and (5) all the measured variables were significantly related to one another and had a negative relationship with students’ achievement in the test. All these findings attest to the reliability and validity of the proficiency test. Based on these findings, some implications are discussed.
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ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION LITERATURE REVIEW RESEARCH METHODOLOGY RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Perceptions of the Proficiency Test Anxiety During TEPT1 2005 Difference in Measured Variables Among Students in Different Study Years Correlations Among the Measured Variables CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS THE AUTHOR REFERENCES
The goals of Asia TEFL are to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with the teaching and learning of English in Asia. In order to accomplish this, Asia TEFL will pursue the following goals:
1. To link ELT professionals in joint research on issues and concerns regarding English teaching and learning in the Asian context.
2. To publish an academic journal, The Asia TEFL Journal, as an internationally recognized journal in the field of English language teaching.
3. To host conferences and seminars addressing important issues concerning ELT in Asia.
4. To develop proficiency guidelines and assessment methods designed for the needs of the Asian context.
5. To develop programs for Asian learners and teachers of English to build their English language proficiency and cultural understanding and provide them with the skills required to be efficient English teaching professionals.