Perceptions of EFL teachers to construct teacher made tests

Abstract

Testing is a common practice in language teaching. However, teachers’ perception is the most determinant factor to develop effective classroom tests. Thus, this study aimed at examining the perception of EFL teachers to construct teacher made tests in Debark Secondary schools at North Gondar Zone. Concurrent parallel mixed design was employed to investigate the issue. It was ultimately conducted for addressing the research question of ‘What is the perception of EFL teachers to construct teacher made tests?’ The researcher used comprehensive sampling to take respondents for questionnaire and employed the formula of Yemane (1967) to select samples for the document archive. In this manner, the finding of the study indicated that teachers had good perception to develop tests. Thereby, they provided sufficient time to do tests and clearly put test instructions. However, the weight of each item was not stated and the prepared tests did not comprise different testing items. Additionally, the study found that EFL teachers did not adhere to the principles of language testing. Therefore, the study recommended that teachers need to follow those testing principles along with their good perception.