Abstract
Language teaching has been viewed as a potentially powerful and progressive force in education. Testing plays a crucial role in teaching and learning process. It enables teachers to evaluate the students. That is any language instruction program requires the preparation and administration of tests. This study aimed to investigate whether teachers of English language teach at Excel center are able to design placement tests for Beginners effectively. This study was concerned with teachers’ opinions and ideas about designing such tests and how effective they are. Related research on this area has been summarized as well. To investigate the research questions of the study, questionnaires supported by the interviews were conducted. As to as to collect teachers’ reaction to testing; the participants involved to answer the questionnaire and interviews questions were Libyan teachers of English who teach at Excel center in Tripoli. Both quantitative and qualitative data analyses were conducted. The answers have been transferred into statistics presented in tables showing the teachers’ responses and results in percentage forms. According to the findings the researchers have reached, some recommendations have been proposed such as teacher of English Language should be well trained and involved in constructing training programs in order to depending on self- ability and experience to design placement tests rather than using ready- made placement tests from Oxford or Mcmillan.