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research will gather information about students‟ opinions or how the test is
perceived, whether the test is effective, relevant, purposeful, beneficial, and meaningful for the students or not. Perceptions are highly related to learning
performance because they drive learning motivation and determine how the students learn Struyven, Dochy, Janssens, 2005. Therefore, positive
perceptions can enhance learning, while negative perceptions can deteriorate learning. In addition to perceptions, the students are also expected to evaluate
their preparation and their performance on the test. The data obtained from the participants will be used to give references for better policy making. Therefore,
the research can contribute to improve the implementation of the test and students‟ performance.
E. BENEFITS OF THE STUDY
The research is expected to give benefits for some people. These people are as follow:
1. The non-English-department students of Sanata Dharma University The research is expected to give opportunities for the students to share
their opinion, reflection, evaluation, and experience during the test preparation and tes
t taking process. It gathers information about students‟ feelings, thoughts, and learning strategies to anticipate the effects on the test preparation and test
performance. The research result will give some references for the students to improve their language learning, self-efficacy, and test performance. In addition,
it also minimizes the negative effects of attitudes.
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2. The English lecturers of Sanata Dharma University The English lecturers of Sanata Dharma University can benefit from the
research in terms of improving their teaching strategies to help the students improve their proficiency. The result of the research will give information about
students‟ attitudes during the learning process. Hence, the teacher can minimize the bad effects of the test and optimize the learning process. This research also
manages to invite the lecturers to motivate their students and help them build their self-efficacy which is important for their performance.
3. Sanata Dharma University For Sanata Dharma University, as the stakeholders of the test who run the
policy and administer the test, this research is expected to provide references about the effects of the TKBI on the students and the learning process. The
information from the students can also be used for policy making of TKBI test, so that it can maximize the benefits for the students.
4. The future researcher For future researcher, this research can be a guideline to conduct further
research related to students‟ attitudes and proficiency test. This research is expected to provide references for further research to improve the implementation
of TKBI test. Study on the students‟ attitudes itself can be completed with the study on the effects of the attitudes. Future researcher can also identify the
attitudes of the students by the study programs, genders, or proficiency levels and see whether they have different attitudes or not.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE
