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This study investigated what Indonesian students perceived of the TOEFL Preparation class. The researcher interviewed 11 students of Economics. The students’age ranged from 18 – 23 years old. Seven of them had a job. Three of them were planning to have a job. The other one was a full-time student. This research revealed that the majority of the students were satisfied with the TOEFL Preparation class. The teacher helped them understand English compared to their knowledge before taking the TOEFL class. However, the students suggest that the duration for each meeting should be at least 120 minutes.  \nBeside, the teacher should provide group work activities and homework. In addition, the teacher should come to class on time. Some recommendations of the findings are discussed in this paper.  \nKeywords: Students’perceptions, TOEFL preparation, pilot study  \nI. INTRODUCTION  \nCompetition in getting a job is getting harder. It is a challenge for colleges and universities to anticipate the issue. Education must be able to handle the growing of the liberalization of job market (Direktorat Jendral Pembelajaran dan Kemahasiswaan Kementerian Riset, Teknologi, dan Pendidikan Tinggi Republik Indonesia, 2015) . A college of economics, Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Indonesia, provides seven-semester English course--six semesters for TOEFL Preparation and one semester for general English.  \nThe TOEFL Preparation course aims at helping students achieve TOEFL ITP (Institutional Testing Program) score of 450 as one of prerequisites of graduating from the college (Yayasan Pendidikan Fatahillah Jakarta Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Indonesia website, 2017) . If the students cannot achieve the score, the students may enclose the certificate of passing the six-semester TOEFL Preparation course (Sikad STEI Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Indonesia, 2017) . The TOEFL Preparation course had run for one year. To see  \nMasfufah, Indonesian College Students’Perceptions of TOEFL Preparation Class  \nwhat the students perceive, this research was conducted. This research aimed at knowing what should be maintained and what to improve based on students’perceptions.  \nThe TOEFL test influences teachers what to teach and how to teach it (Barnes, 2016) . Even the counterpart of the TOEFL that is the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) does the same thing. Both TOEFL and IELTS strongly influenced the teachers’attitude (Erfani, 2014) . They also influenced the teaching learning activities in both classes (Erfani, 2012) .  \nStudents have different attitude towards the TOEFL. Stricker and Attali (2010) studied the attitude of students in China, Colombia, Egypt, and Germany. The study found that the attitude of the students was moderately positive toward the TOEFL in most countries but neutral in Germany. The attitude towards listening and speaking sections was favorable but less favorable for speaking section in every country and not favorable in Germany and Columbia.  \nStudents’attitude influences the difficulties the students found while doing the TOEFL test. Mahmud (2014) studied the problems faced by the Indonesian students who had TOEFL-like or TOEFL prediction. The study found that the problems are low basic skills, less practice and motivation, and age as well as social status.  \nSome TOEFL preparation courses may help students increase their TOEFL score. Ma and Cheng (2015) studied Chinese students’perceptions towards the value of the TOEFL Preparation in a Canadian university. The study revealed three things. The first, the quality was on the teachers, instruction, and the instructional content. The second, there were benefits in the efficiency and reorientation on the TOEFL and English development. The third, there were enga","cbCaialrdWAzbw5A","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaialrdWAzbw5A","pdf",160709,13,"English","# INTRODUCTION\n## Background and course purpose\n## Influence of TOEFL and IELTS on teaching\n## Student attitudes and related difficulties\n## Prior research on TOEFL preparation value and effects\n# RESEARCH DESIGN (partial)\n## Qualitative study and interviews\n## Participants and analysis approach\n## Interview basis and pretest selection","[{\"question\":\"What does the pilot study investigate about the TOEFL Preparation class?\",\"answer\":\"It investigates what Indonesian students perceive about the TOEFL Preparation class and identifies what should be maintained and improved.\"},{\"question\":\"How were data collected and who participated in the research?\",\"answer\":\"The study used structured interviews with 11 first-semester students from a total of 108 participants in the TOEFL Preparation course.\"},{\"question\":\"What improvements do students recommend for the TOEFL Preparation meetings?\",\"answer\":\"Students suggest each meeting should last at least 120 minutes, and they recommend more group-work activities, homework, and timely teacher attendance.\"}]","INDONESIAN COLLEGE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF TOEFL PREPARATION CLASS | PDF",1790895320,33]