Developing a Contextual English Proficiency Test: The Case of English Test for Islamic Community (ETIC)

Siti Nurul Azkiyah, Abdurrosyid

2018

Abstract

Assessment has been widely recognized to play a very important role in education, one of which is assessment of language proficiency. For the context of English, TOEFL, IELTS and TOEIC have been widely used. However, there have been criticisms towards these types of test in terms of the dominance of English native culture and the cost of taking the test. Therefore, this study is intended to develop an English proficiency test, which is contextual for Indonesia especially Islamic community as the largest one in Indonesia. The test is named ETIC (English Test for Islamic Community), which development strictly follows the principles and the stages of an international standardized test. Three domains namely academic, Islam, and Indonesia become the main areas for the content of the test while the test specification is built based on a thorough study of competencies tested in TOEFL, IELTS as well as those mentioned in CEFR. The results of the study are expected not only to produce a unique and contextual English proficiency test but also contribute to the development of intellectual property rights of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta as the locus of the study.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Azkiyah S. and Abdurrosyid. (2018). Developing a Contextual English Proficiency Test: The Case of English Test for Islamic Community (ETIC).In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 2940-2944. DOI: 10.5220/0009926529402944

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Siti Nurul Azkiyah and Abdurrosyid},
title={Developing a Contextual English Proficiency Test: The Case of English Test for Islamic Community (ETIC)},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={2940-2944},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009926529402944},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - Developing a Contextual English Proficiency Test: The Case of English Test for Islamic Community (ETIC)
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Azkiyah S.
AU - Abdurrosyid.
PY - 2018
SP - 2940
EP - 2944
DO - 10.5220/0009926529402944