WAHID KURNIADI SETIAWAN, 2201404640

CONSTRUCTING ENGLISH TEST MODEL OF LISTENING AND READING MID FIRST SEMESTER FOR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 2 DEMAK IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2009/2010

Identitas Mahasiswa - NAMA : WAHID KURNIADI SETIAWAN - NIM : 2201404640 - PRODI : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris - JURUSAN : BAHASA & SASTRA INGGRIS - FAKULTAS : Bahasa dan Seni - EMAIL : wahid_setiawan pada domain yahoo.com - PEMBIMBING 1 : Dr. Dwi Anggani L.B, M.Pd - PEMBIMBING 2 : Drs. Amir Sisbiyanto, M.Si - TGL UJIAN : 0000-00-00

JudulCONSTRUCTING ENGLISH TEST MODEL OF LISTENING AND READING MID FIRST SEMESTER FOR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 2 DEMAK IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2009/2010

AbstrakIt is important to analyze the competencies to be achieved in the curriculum ofmid first semester, before the teachers administered the model test as the midfirst semester test and find out whether the test is good or not, based on theterms of validity, reliability, discrimination power, and difficulty level ofEnglish questions items. Using the result of the analysis it is assumed that theteachers could build a good test for each grader.The general objectives of the study are to obtain an objective description ofthe English test model administered to the eighth grade students of SMPNegeri 2 Demak in the academic year of 2009/2010. The method used inanalyzing the data is a quantitative approach. The population was the eighthgrade students of SMP Negeri 2 Demak in the academic year of 2009/2010.There were eight classes, and each class consists of thirty four students. Thus,the total number of the students is two hundred and seventy two students. Thewriter thought that the number of students of SMP N 02 Demak is quite bigfor the purpose, so he took sixty students as the sample by using randomsampling technique.In writing this final project, the writer will conduct two activities. The first islibrary activity, in this activity; the writer will select some books forreference, which give information and supporting his writing. Then, the fieldactivity is used to collect the data.From the result of the analysis, this test is not valid and still needs somerevisions; it is not reliable, poor in terms of discrimination power, and easy interms of difficulty level. Based on the result, the writer would like to offersome suggestions: first, the test constructors should know about thecharacteristics of good language test, especially procedure of determiningdifficulty levels and discrimination power. Second, items that still can be usedshould be revised and save. Third, items which have negative value should bediscarded; it means that performing of the lower group is better than the uppergroup. Finally, the writer suggests this test should not be used in the Englishfinal test. It can be used if it has been revised and the writer hopes that theresult of this item analysis could be used as an example in analyzing other testitems and encourage others teachers to do research on the same subject.

Kata KunciItem Analysis, Validity, Reliability, Difficulity Level,Discrimination Power.

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