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标题：Students’ Emotive Reaction and Confidence in Doing Language Tests: A Case of Test Takers in EFL Learning in Indonesia
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作者：Abdul Kamaruddin ; Konder Manurung
期刊名称：Journal of Language Teaching and Research
印刷版ISSN：1798-4769
出版年度：2019
卷号：10
期号：3
页码：610
DOI：10.17507/jltr.1003.25
出版社：Academy Publisher
摘要：It has long been argued that the tests administered to students influence the students' learning motivation. The study aims at investigating the students' emotive reactions and confidence in doing English language tests and its implications for EFL learning. Forty-two students of the Department of English Education, University of Tadulako, Palu, Indonesia participated in the research. The students were programming Speaking Class in the Academic Year 2016/2017. Questionnaire items and focused group discussions were employed to produce the data needed. From the data analysis, it reveals that the use of language tests motivates the students in learning English despite the stressful situations they experience while they are sitting on the tests. Interestingly, the research findings show that the students are delightful in doing the tests. The students are most confident in speaking tests, but they are least confident in writing tests. Reading tests are in second place in terms of the student confidence in doing tests and listening tests are in the third place. How language testing motivates EFL learners is discussed.
关键词：emotive reaction; confidence; language test; test takers; EFL learner