The Implementation Model of a Diagnostic Test for English Teachers

Abstract

Professionalism in teaching is one of the key factors in the success of an English education program. To keep the teachers? professionalism, a refresher program is needed to beconducted to improve teachers? competence. To map out the area of teachers? competencewhich should be refreshed, a diagnostic test needs designing. After a diagnostic test has beenmade, the implementation should also be well-conducted to get the representative result.Therefore, this study aims to design an alternative implementation model of a diagnostic testfor English teacher. The questionnaire and focus group discussion results show that theproposed model is an appropriate diagnostic test implementation model for teachers. Keywords: implementation model, diagnostic test, refresher program