Validity Result of Try Out

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4.2 Result of Try Out

In order to check the validity and reliability of the test, try out had been done before the pre test. This try out was done by the students of class VIII A on Tuesday, May 12 th 2015. First, I came to the chosen class, then I explained briefly about recount text. After that, I distributed the instruments and asked the students to write a recount text based on their personal experiences. The result of the try out is as follows.

4.2.1 Validity

According to Brown 2004: 21 “To the extent that the analysis accords with the views of recognized authorities in the skills area and the test then reflects such an analysis, it may be said to have content validity.” Since the test was written test, therefore I used content validity. To find out whether the test had content validity, it could be done by comparing the test with the materials dealing with the curriculum requirement. As stated by Brown 2004:21 “A test is said to have high content validity if each item, which is used to gather the data, has relevance to established criteria or objectives and covers representative materials.” Table 4.2 Basic Competence and Indicators Basic Competence Indicators 12.1 Merespon makna dan langkah retorika dalam esei pendek sederhana secara akurat, lancar dan berterima yang berkaitan dengan lingkungan sekitar dalam teks berbentuk recount dan nararative 12.1.1 Students identify social function, generic structure, and linguistic features of recount text. 12.1.2 Students mention specific information from the text given. 12.2 Mengungkapkan makna dan langkah retorika dalam esei pendek sederhana dengan menggunakan ragam bahasa tulis secara akurat, lancer dan berterima untuk berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar berbentuk recount dan narrative 12.2.1 Students write a short monologue in the form of recount text about students‟ experience. . It is mentioned above in basic competence of KTSP Curriculum that eighth grade students were demanded to be able to catch the meaning of recount text . Then, I made the indicator from the basic competence that students were able to write a short monologue in the form of recount text based on their experiences. The instruction of the try out test was “Make a recount text about your personal experience.” In short, based on the curriculum the test had the content validity because the material being tested was suitable with the curriculum requirement.

4.2.2 Reliability