Perceptions of Civil Aviation Training Center Students About the Use of The Test of English for International Communication Results Before Studying at Catc and Co-operative Education Enrollment

Abstract

    This research was carried out in order to investigate the perceptions of Civil Aviation Training Center (CATC) students about the use of the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) results before studying at CATC and before co-operative education enrollment. The objective of this research was to study the perception of using TOEIC results before studying and before cooperative education enrollment and the factors that affected the perception of learning English for the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC)  and study the development of their English language skills for TOEIC preparation in order to propose guidelines for the development of English learning to the TOEIC test by studying and collecting data from 378 participants of 1st and 3rd year undergraduate students of CATC, Bachelor of Technology in Aviation Program in Aviation Management and Bachelor of Engineering in the academic year 2019 by using questionnaires and a random interview of 68 students. The results showed that most respondents get 405-600 English TOEIC score or Elementary Proficiency Plus level. Students were aware that CATC has clearly publicized that TOEIC result would be used for consideration before enrolling and before joining cooperative education. They realized that TOEIC was the one of a reliable and useful English language proficiency assessment. Regarding self-test preparation, it was found that most of the students were good self-learners by being aware that it must be well prepared before the test. They set their own goals in the test and also prepared their own materials used in test preparation. In the analysis of one's own ability, students knew their weaknesses and were able to improve themselves. Students realized that they would receive a higher score after their good preparation. And we also found that the helps and advices from lecturers would make students felt more confident during the TOEIC preparation process.