Rossy Oktaviani, 2201407026 (2011) The Points of Assessment Used in An English Competition “English News Report Contest ESA WEEK 2010” at English Department Semarang State University. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

The development of assessment especially in speaking has begun since a long time ago. Up to now, this development of speaking assessment is still trying to find its authentic way for assessing the learners’ progress. One example form of the assessment is the English competition “English News Report Contest ESA WEEK 2010”. The competition assesses the participant’s capabilities in developing some news points into well-constructed news and delivering it as if he or she is a real live-news reporter. This study worked on the analysis of the points of assessment used in the competition. It tried to identify what points of assessment used to assess the participants’ performances in the competition. Besides, it also tried to find out the strengths and the weaknesses of the points of assessment. The points of assessment used in English News Report Contest ESA WEEK 2010 were analyzed and compared to the four approaches to rating-scale design reviewed from the work of Fulcher (2003). After one closest approach to the points of assessment was elicited, the points of assessment were again compared with the example scale of the approach to see their strengths and the weaknesses. The result of the analysis showed that the points of assessment consisted of performance, elaboration, pronunciation, fluency, and accuracy. Next, the closest approach to the points of assessment was considered to be the data-based scale development. The strengths of the points of assessment were found on the use of the scale that focuses on the specific task – news reporting task; the larger features of assessment included in the scale; and its appearance. Meanwhile, the weaknesses of the points of assessment included the scores that cannot be generalized to be an assumption of participant’s overall proficiency in speaking; and the inability of the scale to provide deeper information about the participant’s abilities in doing the task given.

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