The aims of the study focused on university freshman students’ satisfaction in taking on-line English practice
exams and applicable ways to improve the exams through students’ perspectives. The targeted university first
cooperated with American Magazine Center (AMC) in the first semester of academic year 2011 to develop
appropriate on-line English practice exams for its freshman students hoping that it could strengthen
students’ English proficiency. The participants were freshman students who have experienced a
semester of college level English class that required them taking mandatory on-line English practice
exams. A questionnaire designed and piloted to investigate students’ satisfaction toward on-line English practice
exams was employed to collect data. The results of the study indicated that students’ satisfaction toward self-learning
achievement reached a statistical significant level. Students’ satisfaction toward combination of class design with
practice exams, teaching with practice exams, and learning environment also reached statistical significance
respectively. Based on the findings of the study, students considered an English class combined with mandatory on-line
practice exams was useful in terms of motivating their innate willingness to learn and enhancing their English
proficiency. According to the results of this study, implications are made for the successful implementation of on-line
English practice exams in freshman English courses.
