test to measure spoken competence of the elementary school students in Indonesia.
Communicative competence in this study focuses on the spoken skills, they are listening and speaking. Since language is not used separately therefore
this research to focus on the integration of the two skills above. To be more specific, this study will describe the spoken competence of elementary school
students. The description of the elementary school students’ spoken competence will become the theoretical model of this study. The theoretical model then will be
developed to be a set of spoken English tests. The next focus is the product of this study. This study is oriented to the
product. In this study the product is a set of test to measure the spoken competence of the elementary school students. The test is developed from the
theoretical model and the product will become the spoken test of the elementary school students.
D. STATEMENT OF RESEARCH QUESTION
There are two points that are crucial to be answered based on the phenomenon above
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They are the communicative competence of the students and the designing of a test itself. These concerns lead to the following research
questions: 1.
What is the expected spoken competence of elementary school students like? 2.
What is the instrument model used to measure the students’ spoken competence like?
E. GOAL OF RESEARCH
The goals of the research are to suggest the spoken competence of the elementary school students and to design the test which is used to measure the
students’ spoken competence. The first goal is related to the theories of the spoken competence of the
elementary school students. Since this research is not based on the national curriculum, the description of the students’ competence is derived from the
theories which are accepted by people around the world in general. Then the theories mentioned above will be developed to be the blueprint of the test.
The second goal is the test design. The design of the test will be derived from the test blueprint. The designed test model will be adapted to the situation in
Indonesia in order to get the correct test model to measure the children’s spoken competence.
F. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
This section explains the product specification. It focuses on the structure and functions. The structure of the product consists of the theoretical model and
the prototype of the test. The theoretical model is the blueprint of the test. Its function is as the basis of developing the test model. The theoretical model
consists of the standard competence and indicators to measure the children’s spoken competence. While the test prototype is a set of test that is developed from
the theoretical model. The test prototype is a set of test which is used to measure directly the children’s spoken English competence. Hopefully this test will be one
of the instruments to measure the spoken competence of elementary school students in Indonesia.
Technically, the test takers can perform the test in their proper time. The result of the test provides information about the children’s competence. The
information would be beneficial to the parents or teachers to develop the children’s spoken English competence.
G. BENEFITS OF RESEARCH
