Table 3.3 The Indicators of English Descriptive Reading Comprehension Test
No. Indicator
Key Number
1.
Determining the main idea of the text 1, 8, 37
2.
Identifying the specific information based on the text
4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 29, 30,
32, 33, 34,
3.
Identifying the detail information based on the text
2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18, 21, 24, 27, 28, 31, 35
4.
Identifying Implicitly stated information based on the text
10, 14, 15, 25, 36, 38, 39, 40
5.
Determining the purpose of the text. 7
Total 40
c. The Validity of Instrument
Validation of instrument is conducted to see whether the instrument is capable to collect the data or not. The writer got the standard coefficient validity minimum for
this instrument with N=35 and coefficient validity is 0.334. To see the validity of instrument, the writer use SPSS 20 to measure the validity of questionnaire and
Anates application to measure the validity of test. In validating questionnaire and test, the writer conducted the research in VIII-5 class of SMP Islamiyah Ciputat.
In questionnaire validity, the writer got 23 items from 40 items. The number of valid item are 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33,
36, 39. The number of invalid study are 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 21, 26, 29, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, and 40. The items that the writer used only 20 items which can be seen as
below.
Table 3.4 The Anxiety Questionnaire
Indicator Key Number
Students’ self-report of anxiety over various aspects of reading
1, 3, 4, 7, 22, 23, 24, 25
Their perception of reading difficulties in the target language
2, 13, 14, 19, 27, 28,
Their perception of the relative difficulty of reading as compared to the
difficulty of other language skills. 15, 16, 31, 33, 36, 39
Total Items 20
In test validity, the writer got 22 items valid from 40 items. The number of valid item are 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 38.
The number of invalid items are 1, 4, 6, 10, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22, 25, 28, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40. The items that the writer used only 20 items, that are: 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16,
17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 38. For further information of the validity of test see appendix.
Table 3.5 The English Descriptive Reading Comprehension Test
No. Indicator
Key Number
1.
Determining the main idea of the text 8
2.
Identifying the specific information based on the text
5, 11,12, 16, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 33
