Abstract
This research is designed to determine the relationship between English teachers’ effectiveness and students’ English proficiency at Selected Colleges in Dili, East Timor, as input for enhancement programs. The English teachers’ effectiveness consist of three aspects namely (1) English Proficiency, (2) Pedagogical Knowledge, and (3) Socio-Affective Skills. Meanwhile, the students’ English proficiency was measured in terms of the following aspects: (1) Listening, (2) Writing, (3) Reading, and (4) Speaking. The collected data is analyzed by using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences whereby charts, figures and tables were used to present the findings.
 
 The overall mean for English Teachers’ Effectiveness is 3.64, interpreted as effective. This implies that English Teachers at Selected Colleges demonstrate the effectiveness required of them, but it is in Socio-Affective Skills that they are performing best.
 
 The overall mean for Student Respondents’ Level of English Proficiency is 3.85, interpreted as good. Observing closely, the mean score of speaking which is 3.51 is close to “Average” (down) because in the Range of Mean Values of 2.51 - 3.50 is Average. 
 
 The results of the Pearson Correlation showed that all independent variables on English teachers’ effectiveness are correlated with the dependent variable on students’ English proficiency. The correlation coefficient values are between of ± 0.50 to ± 0.74, which means “High or Strong Relationship”.
 
 Based on a reasonable output of this study, the researcher proposed training programs to enhance the English teachers’ effectiveness and students’ English proficiency in Selected Colleges in Dili, East Timor.
Highlights
English has immensely spread across the globe in many ways
From the ten (10) topics, there are two most prominent topics in which all teachers assessed as opportunities and challenges they encountered in teaching English
There are two (2) from ten (10) most prominent topics in which all teachers assessed as opportunities and challenges they encountered in teaching English
Summary
English has immensely spread across the globe in many ways. As English has constantly been spreading around the word, it is no longer a language that only deals with countries where English is used as the first language (mother tongue). Vu (2014), argued that English does belong to English people or Americans. Young (2009), reported that in East Timor, documentation of the use of English seems to be lacking despite there is an interest in developing the language use similar to the other Southeast Asian countries. It is because the revision of educational system in this country is quite slow. It is necessary to explain the spread process, role, influence, function and importance of English in a global or world scale, the regional scale of Southeast Asia, ASEAN countries, East Timor itself and the role and existence of English in schools. The researcher wants to focus more on the problems in the English teachers’ effectiveness in relation to English proficiency of the students especially at Selected Colleges in Dili, East Timor
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