The Students’ Affect toward TOEFL Test

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to perceive  the students’ affect toward TOEFL test at UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar. The research methodology employed was mixed method. The participants encompasses of this research were 373 (three hundred and seventy three) students  who graduated at UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar for getting quantitative data. Then, there were 37 (thirty seven) students participated on getting qualitative data. The instruments utilized to collect the data were questionnaire along with interview guide. The research findings stipulate that most of students have positive affect toward  toward TOEFL test at UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar. It was 78,87 %.. Thus, it can be interpreted that the regulation of providing TOEFL test become useful and be righteous to be continued by UPB since most of students like  to have positive affect. It signify that there was a positive affect of students’ toward TOEFL test. Retaining TOEFL training will be needed for the students to acquire the sufficient score since to get the sufficient  score,  good affect only  become  one of the factors to get the sufficient score.