STUDENT AND TEACHER PERCEPTION ON TOEIC TO IMPROVE THE ENGLISH ABILITY: A CASE STUDY IN A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

Abstract

Nowadays, the TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) continues to be a crucial assessment tool globally, particularly in Asia, vocational school students are required to master it where it could help them both academic and industrial world context. This research was to find out the students and teachers perception about TOEIC to improve the English ability. The research used qualitative research using case study design. Data were collected by using interview question of semi-structured interview. Sample of the research were two English teachers and 45 vocational school students. Then, it was analyzed by using content analysis. The research shows that TOEIC improves the English knowledge and ability, enriches the vocabularies, encourages the high competition in the industrial world and global mobility for the positive perception and for the negative perceptions is that TOEIC presents more English in industrial context. This research gives contribution for students and teachers to show their understanding about TOEIC. It was limited into a vocational school in Padang, West Sumatera.