Teaching TOEIC Online in State Polytechnic of Medan

Abstract

Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) is an eligible tool to measure students’ communication skills in vocational education. Politeknik Negeri Medan therefore uses this proficiency test to certify students’ English communication competence. During English classes, it is believed that teaching English language skills to students will be the same as preparing students to take TOEIC. During pandemic, English class is conducted online using SIPADI, a LMS managed by Politeknik Negeri Medan. This paper aims at investigating the practices of teaching TOEIC online in Politeknik Negeri Medan. It applied mixed methods. The objects of this research are students of four classes in Computer and Informatics Engineering, State Polytechnic of Medan. The finding of this research is that teaching TOEIC online does not significantly improve students’ communication skills but still the score was slightly increasing. Then, some practices of teaching TOEIC online needs some improvement and better support system to have a better result. This result is expected can help teachers and lecturers in vocational education to consider better way to teach TOEIC as well as preparing students for TOEIC test.