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www.jtuh.org/)[ ](at: www.jtuh.org/)[www.jtuh.org/](at: www.jtuh.org/)  \nNajwa Yassin Ismail  \nTikrit University, College of Education for Humanities, Department of English Language  \nSahar Thair Rahim  \nTikrit University, College of Education for Humanities, Department of English Language  \n* [Corresponding author: E-mail](Corresponding author: E-mail : St231457ped@st.tu.edu.iq)[ :](Corresponding author: E-mail : St231457ped@st.tu.edu.iq)[ ](Corresponding author: E-mail : St231457ped@st.tu.edu.iq)[St231457ped@st.tu.edu.iq](Corresponding author: E-mail : St231457ped@st.tu.edu.iq)[ ](Corresponding author: E-mail : St231457ped@st.tu.edu.iq)07731249570  \nUniversityfor Humanities  \nWonderlic Basic Skills Test for English and English Language Efficiency Test: A Comparative Study  \nA B S T R A C T  \nTikrit  \nUniversityfor Humanities Journal of  \nThe Wonderlic Basic Skills Test and English Language Efficiency Test are two tests widely used to assess cognitive abilities for a variety of purposes applied to students to improve their English language. This study attempts to make a comparative study between Wonderlic Basic Skills Test for English and English Language Efficiency Test by EFL postgraduate students in non-specialized departments at Tikrit University. The study aims are First, finding out the  \nKeywords:  \nWonderlic Basic  \nSkills Test English Efficiency  \nA R T I C L E I N F O  \nArticle history:  \nReceived 1 Sept 2024  \nReceived in revised form 25 Nov 2024  \nAccepted 2 Dec 2024  \nFinal Proofreading 20 Apr 2025  \nAvailable online 22 Apr 2025  \n[E-mail](E-mail t-jtuh@tu.edu.iq)[ ](E-mail t-jtuh@tu.edu.iq)[t-jtuh@tu.edu.iq](E-mail t-jtuh@tu.edu.iq)  \n©THIS IS AN OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE UNDER THE CC BY LICENSE  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  \nJournal of Tikrit University for Humanities Journal of Tikrit University for Humanities Journal of Tikrit  \ndifference between EFL university students’ performance in the Wonderlic Basic Skills Test and English Language Efficiency Test. Second, finding out the correlation between EFL university students' performance in Wonderlic Basic Skills Test and their performance in the English Language Efficiency Test. Finally, finding out the difference between EFL university students' performance according to gender. The sample of the present study is 150. They are from University of Tikrit / Departments of Arabic, Geography, and Psychology. All of them were tested by the researcher herself. The current study is adapted to be a descriptive quantitative research design study. The study is conducted in the first semester during the academic year 2023 / 2024. The data has been gathered by using two diagnostic tests .The results of the first aim show that there is a significant difference between the two tests, in favor of the Wonderlic Basic Skills Test. The results of the second aim show that there is no correlation coefficient between Iraqi EFL Students’ performance in Wonderlic Basic Skills Test and English Language Efficiency Test. The results of the third aim show that there is a significant difference between males and females in both tests.  \nDOI: [http://doi.org/10.25130/jtuh.32.4.2025.25](http://doi.org/10.25130/jtuh.32.4.2025.25)  \nاختبار وندرلك للمهارات ألأساسية في اللغة الإنكليزية و اختبار كفاءة اللغة الإنكليزية: دراسة مقارنة  \nسحر ثائر رحيم/ جامعة تكريت/ كلية التربية للعلوم الإنسانية/ قسم اللغة الإنكليزية  \nنجوى ياسين اسماعيل/ جامعة تكريت/ كلية التربية للعلوم الإنسانية/ قسم اللغة الإنكليزية  \nالخلاصة:  \nاختبار وندرلك للمهارات الأساسية واختبار كفاءة اللغة الإنكليزية هما اختباران شائع الاستخدام لتقييم القدرات  \nالإدراكية لمجموعة متنوعة من الأغراض المُ طبقة على الطلاب لتحسين لغتهم الإنكليزية. تهدف هذه الدراسة  \nإلى محاولة إجراء دراسة مقارنة بين اختبار وندرلك للمهارات الأساسية في اللغة الإنكليزية واختبار كفاءة اللغة  \nالإنكليزية من قبل طلا","cbCainZJFcHNLcJH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainZJFcHNLcJH","pdf",694796,23,"English","# Introduction\n## Statement of the Problem","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the comparative study?\",\"answer\":\"To compare EFL postgraduate students’ performance on the Wonderlic Basic Skills Test for English and the English Language Efficiency Test.\"},{\"question\":\"Does the study find a correlation between the two test scores?\",\"answer\":\"No correlation is reported between Iraqi EFL students’ performance on the two tests.\"},{\"question\":\"How does gender affect test results?\",\"answer\":\"A significant difference is found between males and females in both tests.\"}]","Journal of Tikrit University for Humanities - Wonderlic Basic Skills Test and English Language Efficiency Test - Comparative Study | PDF",58]