The findings of the descriptive statistics showed that students expect the instructors to attach more importance to the activities improving their speaking, listening and writing skills. The data obtained through the questionnaires were analyzed via Descriptive Statistics, One-way ANOVA, Independent Samples T-Test, Cronbach Alpha Reliability Test and Nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis Test by using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) 13.0 for Windows.
The students who involved in the study were all in their second years at the university and they all had the “Compulsory English Language Course” the year before the study was conducted. Instructors’ questionnaire was administered to the instructors who had worked or were still working as the instructors of ‘Compulsory English Language Course’ at COMU. Data from the students and instructors were collected by using these questionnaires. After analyzing the internal consistency of the items in the questionnaires, the researcher found acceptable Alpha reliability values both for the students’ questionnaire and for the instructors’ questionnaire. In the light of the literature in order to achieve the aims stated above, two questionnaires were designed by the researcher and administered to 367 students and 33 instructors.
Quantitative research methodology was used in this descriptive study. It further aims (b) to determine what other objective test techniques can also be used in these exams in addition to the multiple-choice test technique by taking all the students’ and the instructors’ opinions into consideration. This study aims (a) to find out the students’ and the instructors’ perceptions of the Compulsory English Language Course exams used to assess language performance at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (COMU).
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