The Predictive Validity of the M.A. Entrance Examination of TEFL

This study was an attempt to investigate the relationship between the general English courses offered at the B.A. program of translation studies at Islamic Azad University and the students’ general English performance in M.A. entrance examination of the master program in TEFL at Islamic Azad university. To find out the relationship, a sample of 30 B.A. students who were studying translation studies participated in the study voluntary. To analysis the data the researcher used multiple regression method of analyses. Results of analyses showed that The general courses explained 67 percent of the variance in the UEE performances. Of these five courses, only one of them made the significant unique contribution to the prediction of the UEE scores.