Effects of VSTEP on Students’ Learning Motivation at VNU-Hanoi

Assessment has played important role in teaching and learning process. The use of the Vietnamese Standardise Test of English Proficiency (VSTEP) to assess the learning outcome of English for all VNU students has created challenges for learners, lectures and manager. This survey study is carried out to examine the effects of VSTEP to 751 students of VNU Hanoi. The findings show that VSTEP has significant impact on students’ learning motivation; however, students are not fully trust that the current English programs could help them achieve the learning target. Besides, a number of students base on the rumor to justify the difficult level of the test and they do not pay much care about the content and format of the test. This study also proposes recommendations to increase the positive effects of the test to enhance the effectiveness of the teaching and learning process.