Wonderlic Basic Skills Test for English and English Language Efficiency Test: A Comparative Study

The 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 difference 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.