Conversely, there is no direct relationship among subskills of the English for Academic Purposes Test except for that of the reading and writing subskills. The strongest direct relationship is between the structure subskill and the reading subskill. The path coefficient is .380. There are significant indirect relationships between the subskills of General English and English for Academic Purposes. However, this conclusion does not apply to the indirect relationship between the writing subskill of the two tests.
All language subskills, regardless of content, are significantly related.
Therefore, there might be a transfer of subskills from one content to another. The nature of the transfer of language subskills may be direct or indirect. However, a hierarchical relationship from General English to English for Academic Purposes is not confirmed by this study. The transfer of language subskills across content may occur within each subskill. Students who have mastered subskills in vocabulary, structure, and reading in General English may transfer these subskills to English for Academic Purposes.