Putri Primadani , 2201415104 (2019) INVESTIGATING THE AUTHENTICITY OF ENGLISH TRY-OUT READING TEST ITEMS A Case of Ninth Graders of SMP Negeri 29 Semarang in the Academic Year of 2018/2019. Under Graduates thesis, UNNES.

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Abstract

This study is conducted to investigate the authenticity achieved in the English try-out reading test for ninth-grade students of SMP Negeri 29 Semarang in the Academic Year of 2018/2019. The objectives of this research are to find out the authenticity of the test tasks and the test texts in the English try-out reading test for ninth-grade students of SMP Negeri 29 Semarang in the Academic Year of 2018/2019. A qualitative research designed was used by the writer in this study. Descriptive method was chosen to analyze the data, and the result analysis was presented in descriptive form. The English try-out test consists of 40 items of multiple-choice and 27 reading passages as the researcher analyzed in reading section only. The multiple-choice items were analyzed to find out the authenticity of the test tasks. While the reading passages in the multiple-choice were analyzed to find out the authenticity of the test texts. The result of the study showed that the authenticity of the test tasks is 90.5% and the authenticity of the test texts is 83%. So, the result of the authenticity of English try-out test for ninth-grade students of SMP Negeri 29 Semarang in the Academic Year of 2018/2019 is 86.75%, it is categorized into relatively authentic. The representation of the real-world task indicator had become problematic aspect to reach the higher standard of the authenticity of the test tasks. And the provenance indicator also had become problematic aspect to reach the higher standard of the authenticity of the test texts. Based on the result, the writer suggested to the test-makers to more consider about the authenticity in designing the test. So, the test will be as authentic as possible.

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