CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1Background
Education is a necessity that can’t be separated from everyday life. Each person must have tried to get a good education in the formal and non-formal institutions. Success or failure of a school is often measured by the results of the assessment at the end of the learning process, although it is not the sole determinant tool an education, but it is still used in the world of education.
In education there are a variety of disciplines, including lessons learned. Lessons include the four skills namely listening, speaking, writing and reading. All it should also be tested to determine the ability of the already gained during the study through a test or exam. Someone language skills to determine whether or not he is in communication with the people around him. Mastery of language is not only the mother tongue or regional language but more important is the mastery of a foreign language, in this case English as a second language. Language skills a person can be tested with so called tests of language or language testing, well testing or language or language assessment.
Questions about the tests to be tested can be made by teachers themselves or others. Not all teachers understand about the creation of good, quality matter made or things that need to be tested. Many do not know how to test the quality of questions that tested or will be tested. It is also not free from their ignorance of what is language testing or language tests. Language testing needs to be known because it would provide the basis for language testing.
Language testing is the practice and study of evaluating the proficiency of an individual in a particular language using effectively. This evaluation to measure whether students can use the language they have learned to fluently both in speaking, listening, writing, and reading. This is also used as a gauge whether students can receive lessons or material submitted by the teachers well.
1.3 Purpose
After learning problem formation that arise, then purpose our group made of this paper:
1. To explain definition of reading test 2. To explain how to design a reading test
1.4 Objectives Of The Write
CHAPTER II
DISCUSSION
2.1 Reading Test
As one of the four skills, reading is an important skill for the students in learning English. By reading, students also can get information that they need and develop their knowledge. According to Scheiner’s opinion (2001:4) reading is an active process of interacting with print and monitoring comprehension to establish meaning. Since it is an active process, reading is closely related to other activities such as thinking, interacting, making perception, making generalization and of course comprehension the context. In doing so, a reader also has to use his prior knowledge or at least, his vocabulary mastery since it supports very much in comprehension in the text.
Getting students to read English texts is an important part of the teacher’s job. Many of them want to be able to read English texts for different purposes such as for careers, study or pleasure. Reading texts provide good models for English writing. Teachers should show students models of what they are encouraging them to do. Besides, reading texts also provide opportunities to study language like vocabulary, grammar, punctuation and the way to construct sentences, paragraphs and texts. Reading in foreign language learning is a skill that should be acquired by the learners. There are two main obstacles for learners of English to be efficient readers. The first one, they need to be able to master fundamental bottom up strategies for organizing separate letters, words and phrases as good as top down strategies that focus on comprehension. The second one, second language readers have to develop appropriate content and formal schemata (background information and cultural experience) to apply those interpretations effectively. The measurement of comprehension is not the only way to assess the reading ability. Understanding the whole contexts are often important factors that include in assessing learners reading ability.
2.2.1 Perceptive
Perceptive reading test involve attending to the components of larger stretches of discourse: letters, words, punctuation, and other graphemic symbols. Bottom up processing is implied. Assessment of basic reading skills may be carried out in a number of different ways:
a. Reading Aloud
The test-taker sees separate letters, words, and/or short sentences and reads them aloud one by one. Since the assessment is reading comprehension, any recognizable oral approximation of the target response is considered correct.
b. Written Response
The same stimuli are presented and the test taker’s task is to reproduce the probe in writing.
I am very sorry that I could not meet you last night. I hope that you did not wait too long outside the New York Theatre. I had to look after my small brother until my mother returned home. She was a long time at the doctor’s and she arrived home very late. I ran all the way to the bus stop, but I had already missed the bus. I decided to get on a tram and I arrived at the New York Theatre at eight o’clock. I did not think that you would still be there because I was three-quarters of an hour late. I do hope that you forgive me.
Your friend, Peter
Write one word or more in each blank.
1. Peter lives at ……… 2. He wrote the letter on ……… 3. Peter could not leave home because he had to wait for ……….to return. 4. His mother had been to the ………. 5. Peter went to the New York Theatre by ……… 6. He thought that David ………. 7. The word ………means excuse.
c. Multiple Choice
Multiple choice responses are not only a matter of choosing one of four or five possible answers. Other formats for low levels of reading include same/ different, circle the answer, true/ false, choose the letter and matching.
d. Picture-Cued Items
Test-takers are shown a picture, such as the one on the next page, along with written text and are given one of a number of possible tasks to perform.
Example:
1. (a) you can find in every house (b) door friend
What is it the picture above? A. Window*
B. Computer C. Television D. Radio
2.2.2 Selective
In order to ascertain one’s reading recognition of lexical, grammatical or discourse features of language within a very short stretch of language. The certain typical tasks that are used as follow: picture-cued task, brief paragraphs and simple charts and graphs. A combination of bottom up and top down processing may be used
a. Multiple-Choice
This format is one of the popular methods of testing a reading knowledge of vocabulary and grammar. The reasons because of practicality; it is easy to administer and can be scored quickly.
2. We have to go to the ________ to send these letters because there is no mailbox
Contextualized multiple choice vocabulary / grammar tasks 1. X: What can I do for you?
Y: _____ turn off the fan, please?
A. Thank you B. Will you* C. I’m sorry
D. You’re welcome
2. X: Mom, tonight there will be a bank show in the stadium. Would you permit me to go and see it?
Multiple choice cloze vocabulary / grammar task
Two days ago, Jenny and Arnold had dinner at an Italian restaurant. Both of them ______ (1) one medium pizza. Jenny had ____ (2) of soup as the appetizer ______ (3) Arnold had a bowl of fruit salad. They ordered and orange juice. They ____ (4) their meal until Jenny _________ (5) a piece of button in her soup. They made a ______ (6) to the restaurant manager. They _______ (7) a replacement. The manager was sorry about it and give the replacement of the soup. 6. A. compel B. complete C. complain* D. compare 7. A. said to* B. said for C. asked to D. asked for
b. Matching Tasks
Vocabulary matching task
Write in the letter of the definition on the right that matches the word on the left. 1. Column a. Frozen water in the form of flakes (4)
2. Introduce b. A part or division of a page (1)
3. Rowed c. One of the seasons in Europe (5)
4. Snow d. To make know for the first time (2)
5. Winter e. Moved through water (3)
Selected response fill-in vocabulary task
1. A person who investigates crimes and seeks the criminal is called a ____
2. Mr. John has written many books. He is a ____________
3. 3. My brother has some troubles with his tooth. Dad told me to take him to the _________ this afternoon.
Choose from among the following: 1. Dentist (answer for number 3)
2. Detective (answer for number 1)
3. Author (answer for number 2)
c. Editing Tasks
Editing for grammatical or rhetorical errors is a widely used test method for assessing linguistic competence in English.
Example:
1. Dani : What would you do if you were a millionaire ? A B
Fian : I will take a trip around the world. C D
Answer C: will changed by would
1. A. an apple on the book* B. some apple on the table C. some apple on the book D. an apple on the table
e. Gap-Filling Tasks
Gap-filling gap can be also said as fill in the blank items. The test taker’s response is to write a word or phrase.
Example:
Sentence completion tasks
Iman : What are the disadvantages of living in the city?
CHAPTER III
CLOSING
3.1 Conclusion
Perceptive reading test involve attending to the components of larger stretches of discourse: letters, words, punctuation, and other graphemic symbol, there are: Reading aloud, written respond, multiple choice, and Picture-Cued Items. While selective reading test in order to ascertain one’s reading recognition of lexical, grammatical or discourse features of language within a very short stretch of language. The certain typical tasks that are used as follow: multiple choice, matching tasks, editing tasks, picture-cued tasks, gap-filling tasks.
Assessment is a central element for any teacher and should be implemented regularly. Through its implementation, teachers will be able to help students access the skills and content they need from the general education curriculum. This will allow all students to achieve to their highest potential. It is important to follow all guidelines for implementing assessments. Some measures require specific training. Therefore, always read the instructions for each assessment carefully and follow all recommendations.
Assessing reading actually is not an easy thing to do. Teacher should consider some components in assessing reading like the purpose and benefits in assessing reading, types of reading, strategies for reading and designing assessment tasks. By applying the appropriate technique in assessing reading, the test-taker can get fair result/ score. Besides, teachers are able to measure the success of the teaching process and the result of teaching itself.
3.2 Suggestion
