Population and Sample RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Table 3.2 Instrument of the Study for Post Test
Instruction
•
You have 5 minutes to read the task and think about what you want to
say. •
If there is anything which you don’t understand, please ask the teacher who is with you.
• You can make a few notes if you want to.
• After this 5 minutes preparation time, you will talk about the subject with
a teacher. Your speaking will be examined.
Task
What makes a good friend?
You are going to talk to the teacher about what you value in your friends.
Look at the suggestions below:
1. Do you think it’s better to have one two really close friends, or a wider circle of less close friends?
2. What are the qualities in yourself that you think your friends value? 3. There is an English saying, ‘Blood is thicker than water’, meaning that
family relationships are more important reliable than relationships with friends. Do you agree with this?
Kindness Honesty
Fun to be with Support
Shared interests A shoulder to cry on
Other ..
In determining the score, furthermore, the writer used oral rating scale proposed by David P. Harris.
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The scoring rubric of the test provided a measure of quality of performance on the basis of five criteria: pronunciation, grammatical
accuracy, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension.
Table 3.3 Five Components of Grading Speaking Scale
No Aspects
Description of Indicator Score
1 Pronunciation
Have few traces of foreign accent.
Always intelligible, though one is conscious of a definite
accent. Pronunciation
problems necessitate
concentrated listening and occasionally lead
to misunderstanding. Very hard to understand
because of
pronunciation problems. Must frequently be
asked to repeat. Pronunciation problems to
severe as to make speech virtually unintelligible.
5 4
3
2
1 95-100
85-94
75-84
65-74
below 65
2 Grammar
Makes few if any noticeable errors of grammar or word
order 5
95-100
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David P. Harris, Testing English as a Second Language, New York: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd, 1969, p. 83.