99 this research in order to have a qualified main product of the appropriate testing
model to measure the communicative written English competence of Indonesian elementary school students.
B. RESEARCH SETTING AND RESPONDENTS
The objective of this research is to develop an English testing model which is appropriate to use in Indonesia, in the elementary school level of education.
Therefore, the research, especially the library research, was conducted in Indonesia, specifically in Sanata Dharma University which was recognized as one of the best
Universities for its English program. Since one of RD cycle of the research requires preliminary field test and main product revision, the researcher conducted a
qualitative initial evaluation which required appropriate respondents for
improvement feedbacks. According to Borg and Galls, 1983: 782, as a rule, from four to eight teachers
have been sufficient for the preliminary field test since the emphasis of the evaluation is upon qualitative evaluation of test content rather than quantitative
evaluation of test outcomes. Regarding the output of the research is focused on the theoretical model, the researcher choses to take four respondents as the minimum
requirement. Hereby, as the representative of Indonesian TEYL experts, four TEYL professionals were invited to validate the testing model. They were: an instructor of
TEYL from ELTI English Course, a lecturer of TEYL from Sanata Dharma University and two lecturers of TEYL from UNY State University of Yogyakarta.
Those professionals were invited as the expert respondents with the consideration of their experience and knowledge of teaching English for Indonesian young English
100 learners. It has been mentioned previously that the evaluation of the preliminary
product has involved not only experts’ judgment, but also response of the test taker candidates to the testing model. As the sample of the test takere candidates, the
researcher took twelve sixth grade students of SDIT Baitussalam Prambanan, a small district of Yogyakarta. The rational of choosing the students as the respondents was:
first, the target test takers are Indonesian young English learners of age 10 to twelve who were normally in the fourth to sixth grade of elementary school. The researcher
took the sixth grade as having the highest qualification. Hopefully, it can be some kind of standard of competence that Indonesian elementary school students are
supposed to achieve. In fact, twelve students are not adequate to represent the Indonesian young
English learners. Yet, due the target output of th research, the researcher took them as the respondents in order to give a slight picture to predict the response of the test
takers. The data obtained from the test trial will not be considered as fixed data which determine the validity of the testing model. It will only be used as the additional
variable in determining the aspects of revision of the testing model.
C. RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
