Method of Scoring Scoring System

researcher before shehe conducts an experiment.” Saleh 2001:31 suggests four types of instruments for gathering data. They are questionnaire, observation, interview, and test. In this study, a test was used as the instrument. The test was composition test of writing. The students were asked to compose an essay of analytical exposition with the topic Facebook. The test was to measure the students’ ability in writing analytical exposition.

3.6 Scoring System

This subchapter discusses method of scoring and level of achievement which are used in this study. The discussions are as follows:

3.6.1 Method of Scoring

After conducting the test, I analyzed the students’ works and gave them score. In this study, rating sca le was used to score the students’ achievement. By using the rating scale, a rank order of the results of the students’ work was made based on the given categories. The following scheme of rating scale is the scoring guidance taken from Boardman and Frydenberg 2002: 180: Table 3.1 Scoring Guidance Taken from Boardman and Frydenberg SCORING ASPECTS OF GOOD WRITING Exceptional : 25-23 Very good : 22-20 Average : 19-17 Needs work : 16-10 Score: Content Ideas  Has excellent support  Is interesting to read  Has unity and completeness  Adheres to assignment parameters Exceptional : 25-23 Very good : 22-20 Average : 19-17 Needs work : 16-10 Score: Organization Paragraph Essay  Has topic sentence with clear controlling idea  Has supporting sentences  Has concluding sentence  Has coherence and cohesion  Has introductory paragraph with clear thesis statement  Has body paragraphs with good organization  Has concluding paragraph  Has coherence and cohesion Exceptional : 25-23 Very good : 22-20 Average : 19-17 Needs work : 16-10 Score: Grammar Structure  Demonstrates control of basic grammar e.g. tenses, verb forms, noun forms, preposition, articles  Shows sophistication of sentence structure with complex and compound sentences. Exceptional : 15-14 Very good : 13-12 Average : 11-10 Needs work : 9-0 Score: Word Choice Word Form  Demonstrates sophisticated choice of vocabulary items  Has correct idiomatic use of vocabulary  Has correct word forms Exceptional : 10 Very good : 9-8 Average : 7-6 Needs work : 5-0 Score: Mechanics  Has good paragraph format  Demonstrates good control over use of capital letters, periods, commas, and semicolons  Demonstrates control over spelling  Doesn’t have fragments, comma splices, or run-on sentences TOTAL SCORE: Comments The total score is the sum of score from each category, and the maximum total score is 100.

3.6.2 Level of Achievement