7 supported by the school committee, the English teacher decided to compile a
module to be used in the process of language teaching and learning. Secondly, the teacher wants to accommodate what become
s students‟ need more. She realizes how important the sources and kinds of materials are in the
process of language teaching and learning. Looking at these needs, the English teacher of SD Teruna Bangsa compiled a module to be used for supporting the
process of language teaching and learning. The study is concerned with the analyzing and evaluating the fourth grade
semester two elementary school module used in SD Teruna Bangsa, Automatic English.
The discussion is limited to the principles of English language assessment. It attempts to find out whether or not the module used by SD Teruna
Bangsa , Automatic English, has fulfilled the principles of language assessment,
namely Reliability, Validity, and Authenticity. The generalization of the research findings cannot be made to other
schools since they are not using the same module as what SD Teruna Bangsa is doing.
To avoid different perceptions from what is being discussed, the researcher has defined the specific terms used in the paper.
1. Content Analysis
Content analysis, which is often referred to as document analysis is one of the approaches under the descriptive research. The aim of descriptive research as
stated by Ary, Jacobs, Razavieh 2007, p.447 is to gain information about the nature and degree of existing condition. Ary et al 2002, p.443 listed some
8 purposes of document analysis, some of which are to identify bias prejudice, or
propaganda in textbooks; to describe existing practice; to discover the level of difficulty of material in textbooks or other publications; to discover the relative
importance of, or interest in, certain topics. Those purposes are proper to the objectives of the research, which are aimed at discovering whether or not the
Automatic English module being analyzed has the criteria of book evaluation and
language assessment and to find out how those criteria are fulfilled or not, and to see the module
‟s strengths and weaknesses. What is meant by content analysis in this paper is a process of analyzing
an Automatic English module used for fourth graders in SD Teruna Bangsa as one of the assessment tools used by the English teacher. The analysis is done to see
the fulfillment of the criteria of book evaluation and language assessment and to find out the strengths and weaknesses of the module. In other words, content
analysis is a procedure that involves examining learning materials to establish their value Tomlinson, 2003, p.146.
2. A Teacher-Compiled Module
A module is a book which is used in the process of teaching and learning containing a lot of exercises and it plays an important role for the students to
practice. Poejosoedarmo 1978, p.317 defines a workbook as supplementary for textbook bes
ides teacher‟s manual book, and extensive reading book. What it means by a teacher-compiled module in this paper is a book
compiled by the English teacher of SD Teruna Bangsa containing a list of exercises covering four language skills listening, speaking, reading, and writing
9 to be done by the students and arranged based on the certain topic theme unit.
The module is used as an ongoing assessment made by the teacher concerning whether or not students have achieved the goals objectives of the lesson being
discussed.
3. The fourth graders of SD Teruna Bangsa
