The Validity of TOEFL as Entry and Exit College Requirements: Students’ perception

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10.2991/conaplin-18.2019.277How to use a DOI?

Keywords

TOEFL; admission test; test-taker perception; exit test

Abstract

In many countries, including Indonesia, TOEFL test is used as entry as well as exit requirement for university education. TOEFL is chosen because it is the most well-known criterion reference test for foreign language learners. This paper aims to find out university students’ perception regarding the obligation to take TOEFL as the exit college requirement. To answer the research question, we conducted a survey towards our university graduates. The respondents were 90 graduates of English Department Bina Nusantara University, batch 2016 and 2017. The data were taken from the questioner results regarding their perception towards the TOEFL as exit test requirement. The data then were processed quantitatively using SPSS program. Results revealed that students believed that TOEFL is necessary for entering professional life but not for continuing the study. The results of this study implied a reconsideration of using TOEFL for exit college requirements.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Clara Herlina Karjo
AU  - Darwin Ronaldo
PY  - 2019/06
DA  - 2019/06
TI  - The Validity of TOEFL as Entry and Exit College Requirements: Students’ perception
BT  - Proceedings of the Eleventh Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 326
EP  - 330
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/conaplin-18.2019.277
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