Effectiveness of the Potential Promoting Strategies on the TOEIC Test of English Major Students, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to investigate the limitations of students in the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) test, and 2) to analyze the effectiveness of the potential promoting strategies on the TOEIC for students in the English major, Faculty of Humanities, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University. Participants were 55 students selected by the purposive sampling method. The instruments were the TOEIC Mock-test and the TOEIC test. The descriptive statistics were used to analyze and evaluate using a computer program (Zip grade). The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, t-test, and standard deviation. The results showed that: 1) the students performed better on the listening test than on the reading test. Regarding listening skills, the students had limitations in prediction, specific details, and main ideas respectively. In terms of reading skills, the students had limitations in inference, vocabulary, and parts of speech for the reading skills accordingly. 2) For the effectiveness of the potential promoting strategies, the results indicated the average TOEIC scores were 402 at the elementary proficiency level, and students had higher posttest scores than pretest scores, which had a statistically significant difference at the .05 level.