Sampling the Words for the Test Items

37 In conclusion, the overall designed test is good. However there were some comments and suggestions given by the evaluators. It was suggested that the researcher should give clearer instruction. Then, the test should be more varied to avoid boredom. The test must measure not only the students’ memory but also the stu dents’ understanding on vocabulary. Next, the students need to know the purpose of the test. There are also some grammatical issues that need to be fixed. Lastly, it was suggested that the optional letter should be written in caps A-B-C-D. Feedback, comments, and suggestions from the evaluators were very useful for the researcher to improve the designed test. Thus, the researcher revised the designed test based on the evaluators’ feedback, comments, and suggestions. The researcher corrected the grammatical issues in the designed test. Then, the researcher modified the instruction of the test so it will avoid the students’ misunderstanding and misinterpretation. The researcher also enriches the instruction and the general purpose of the test. Finally, the researcher changed the optional letter. At first, the researcher wrote the optional letter as a-b-c-d and it changed to A-B-C-D.

B. The Presentation of the Designed Test

This part is aimed to answer the second problem formulation, namely “what does a vocabulary size test for the sixth semester students of ELESP Sanata Dharma University look like?” The designed test consists of 10 level of synonym test format in form of multiple-choice questions. The test items are taken from the General Service List GSL. The sampling method of selecting the words is interval PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 38 sampling from around 2300 words. The test is divided into 10 level with each level ranges of 230 words. The difficulty of the test increases from high-frequency words to low-frequency words. The answer and distractors of each question are taken from the same level. The designed test is presented in Appendix D. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI