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Evaluating the Validity, Reliability and Authenticity of English Achievement Test for the Twelfth Grade Students of SMAN 4 Tebo, Jambi Winarti, Muncar; Faridi, Abdurrachman; Rozi, Fahrur
English Education Journal Vol 11 No 1 (2021): March 2021
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v11i1.44176

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This study aims to investigate the implementation of the English achievement test for the twelfth-grade students at SMAN 4 Tebo, Jambi in the academic year 2019/2020. This study was a contenr analyis. The objects of this study were English achievement test items. It consisted of 40 multiple-choice questions and 5 essay questions. The data collection method was a document analysis checklist. In this study, the researcher analyzed the data from English achievement test for validity aspects such as content validity and construct validity, the degree of reliability, and the implementation of language authenticity criteria. The findings of this study revealed that; (1) the content validity shows 76% valid, and the construct validity shows 60% valid; (2) the reliability shows coefficient 0.281 for multiple-choice items and 0,554 for essay items, and it is reliable; (3) the results of analyzing the authenticity shows that the listening items, reading test and essay writing are authentic. However, each part has some weaknesses. Especially in the reading test, most of the passages use in reading tests failed to represent the world context even though the topics of the passages are rational and based on the real context. Nevertheless, the English teacher who constructed the English achievement test did not mention the sources from which the passages were taken. Next, the samples of the format letter, announcement, and pamphlet look unnatural view from the format and design. Moreover, the English Achievement Test for twelfth-grade students of SMAN 4 Tebo, Jambi has fulfilled the characteristics of validity, reliability, and authenticity as a good test or standardized test.
THE WASHBACK OF ENGLISH SUMMATIVE TEST; HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER'S AND STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS Winarti, Muncar; Nurhasanah, Amalia
JR-ELT (Journal of Research in English Language Teaching) Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021): Journal of Research in English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Language Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin State Islamic University of Jambi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30631/jr-elt.v5i2.21

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This study aims at investigating the implementation of the English summative test for the twelfth- grade students at SMAN 4 Tebo from the students‟ and English teacher‟s perception. This paper attempts to display several impacts of English summative test to the students. This was a descriptive qualitative study where the researchers conducted an in-depth interview and distributed questionnaires to gather the data. Participants in this study were an English teacher and several twelfth-grade students. There were positive and negative washback from the analysis of teacher's perceptions and students' perceptions about summative tests. It can be concluded that the test only helps the students to pass the English summative test which was considered as a negative washback. Furthermore, the process of teaching which was oriented to achieve the four language skills stated incompetence was constituted as positive washback.
DESIGNING ENGLISH WORKSHEET FOR THE STUDENTS OF ISLAMIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN JAMBI Nurhasanah, Amalia; Mahmudah, Faiqah; Winarti, Muncar
JR-ELT (Journal of Research in English Language Teaching) Vol. 7 No. 2 (2023): Journal of Research in English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Language Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin State Islamic University of Jambi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30631/jr-elt.v7i2.67

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This article aims at elaborating the process of designing a worksheet to teach English specifically speaking and writing skills for the students of an Islamic Junior High School in Jambi. This was a research and development inquiry in which the researchers applied Dick and Carey’s model (in Gall and Borg, 2003). List of questions for interview, questionnaires, observation checklist, and documentation were used as instruments to obtain the data. Based on the need analysis, it was found that the English materials expected by the eighth grade students were: (a) picture-based material which were colorful and attractive, (b) simple English texts with understandable questions, (c) well-understood instruction, and (d) using familiar words. The final design of the material consisted of three chapters with different themes.