a. Conceptual Definition
Reading comprehension is an ability to understand the meaning of a text by identifying main idea, detailed information, finding reference and similar words,
and making inference of the text. Reading comprehension test was conducted to identify the students’ reading comprehension.
b. Operational Definition
Reading comprehension is an ability shown by the score gained by the students based on the test, which comprises of main idea, detailed information,
reference word, similar word, and inference of text. The test was conducted by using multiple choice test type which consisted of four passages. Total items were
twenty which were divided by five items in each passage. Here was the blue print of reading comprehension test:
Table 3.1 The Blue Print of Reading Comprehension Test
Aspect Indicator
Item Number Total
Item
Comprehending the English
Text. 1. Determining main idea of the text
1, 6, 11, 16 4
2. Identifying stated detail information on the text
3, 13, 20 3
3. Identifying unstated detail information on the text
5, 9, 15 3
4. Making inference based on the text
4, 8, 18 3
5. Finding reference word in the text 7, 14, 17
3 6. Identifying similar word in the
text 2, 10, 12 19
4
TOTAL 20
2. Collocation Knowledge Test
In the collocation knowledge test, the items were adapted from two collocation workbooks, Natural English Collocation written by Jon Marks and
Alison Wooder; and Using Collocation for Natural English written by Elizabeth Walter and Kate Woodford. The test was conducted by using multiple choice test
type. Before administering the test, there were 40 items which have been analyzed to check the validity and reliability of the test see appendix 5. The result
revealed that the validity and reliability of the test were 0.65 and 0.79 see appendix 6. After being analyzed, there were 20 items of collocation knowledge
test which were chosen for collecting data see appendix 1.
a. Conceptual Definition
Lexical collocation knowledge is an understanding about a combination of two or more words such as various combinations of nouns, adjectives, verbs, and
adverbs that go together frequently and naturally in a language. In this study, lexical collocation knowledge test was conducted in order to know students’
knowledge of lexical collocation.
b. Operational Definition
Collocation knowledge is an understanding shown by the score gained by the students based on the test, which comprises of 8 lexical collocation categories
such as V + NPronoun, N + V, Adj + N, N + N, Adv + Adj, V + Adv, V + Adj + N, and Adv + V.
Here was the blue print of collocation test:
Table 3.2 The Blue Print of Collocation Test
Aspect Item Indicator
Item Number Total
Item
1. Understanding the meaning of
collocation based on the context.
Verb transitive + NounPronoun
1, 4, 16 3
Noun + Verb 5, 20
2 Noun + Noun
7, 15 2
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