The Relationship Between TOEFL Anxiety and TOEFL Performance Among EFL Learners

Sunarti Sunarti,Dzul Rachman,Khusnul Khatimah

doi:10.11648/j.edu.20190806.19

Abstract

The research was conducted to explore the correlation between TOEFL anxiety and TOEFL test performances among University students. This study was applied quantitative and using cross sectional approach. The population of this study was entirely students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur (UMKT). The data was taken from the last year student of UMKT who joined TOEFL Test as their graduation requirement. The test was specified in aspect of their English Proficiency (TEP). To gain the sample, the researcher used stratified sampling. The total of last year student was 583 students. Sampling was measured by using Slovin Formula by using 0.05 margin of error. The univariate and bivariate analyzes was conducted in this study. It was gained from the demographic data which contained age and gender. The result indicated that the low result of HARS has high score of TOEFL otherwise the high result of HARS raised low score of TOEFL using two tailed correlation. In other hand, there was a correlation among anxiety and total score of TOEFL. The result indicated that the correlation between anxiety by using HARS and total TOEFL score were had high correlation coefficient among it. It was gained.749.

Highlights

The ability to utilize foreign language especially English is one of the basic abilities needed by someone to master science and technology
The Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) Test becomes a trend in academician
The data was taken from the last year student of Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur (UMKT) University who joined Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) as their graduation requirement

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Introduction

The ability to utilize foreign language especially English is one of the basic abilities needed by someone to master science and technology. As a basic ability that needs to be mastered, English language learning gets special attention from various academics, practitioners, entrepreneurs, and government. The results of this study became the foundation of academics and education to run the English proficiency test. Indonesia too, both private and public university, make this test as one of the requirements for thesis defense [2]. The assessment score of this model is in the range 216-677, while Paper Based Testing is a test that uses paper as the testing medium. There are three main components that underlie the TOEFL paper based testing problem, namely listening comprehension, structure & written expression, and reading comprehension & vocab. The TOEFL category prediction uses the D1 criteria (listening, reading and Education Journal 2019; 8(6): 296-300 writing) and the TOEFL score results (listening comprehension, structure & written expression, and reading comprehension & vocab)

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