The purpose of this paper is to investigate what factors influenced on Teacher competencies Test (Uji Kompetensi Guru/UKG) of Indonesian ESL Senior High School teacher’s in West Java Indonesia. The data used in this study were derived from a teacher competencies test, and a questionnaire survey conducted among teachers who attended National Gathering of Senior High School English Teachers 2017 in Bandung, West Java. A total of 61 usable responses were received. The analysis was using Structural Equation Model (SEM) to see the correlations among variables also identify which predictors influenced most on Teacher Competencies Test. The result revealed that teacher competencies test was mostly influenced by education background (β =.27, p=0.028). It can be concluded that to increase the teacher’s competencies can be done by giving a chance to teachers to continue their study.

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One of the efforts to improve language skills of the lecturers is by joining IELTS Preparation program organized by one of the International Education institution (IEDUC) located in Bandung. This research aims to find out whether there is a correlation between the results of the Super-IELTS Intensive program (SUPIN) lecturer final score with the real International Test score in sort of the evaluation process on that program. The subject was taken from two classes program comprising 19 lecturers as participants. The data in this study were obtained from the pre and post-test score during SUPIN program and the score on the real International test conducted by the British Council. The result of the research revealed the fact that listening test obtained the highest gain while speaking got the lowest gain during the program. The further analyzing on Variance got a significant linear regression by having 0.959 as a coefficient correlation. It means that there is a significant correlation between final score of SUPIN program (X) and International test score (Y) which contribute 92.1% toward the International test score. Meanwhile, only 7.9% was contributed by other factors. In other words, the SUPIN program is effective  to increase Lecturer’s skill on doing IELTS test.