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This study aims to explore the in-service teachers’ perception of their proficiency level, particularly of their receptive skills. A survey was distributed to in-service teachers in lower and higher secondary schools in Indonesia and received responses from 449 in-service teachers from various islands in Indonesia. The results show that, in general, the participants considered themselves to be able to comprehend various text types concerning personal and daily issues in both written and spoken modes. However, when it came to comprehending longer texts with more complex linguistic choices and structures in both modes, an increase in the number of participants who struggled was evident. These findings indicate that while most of the in-service teachers were confident in their receptive skills, further support is needed for extending the in-service teachers’ ability to comprehend longer and more specialized texts containing complex linguistic resources.

EFL in-service teachers, receptive skills, self-perception