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D. Instrument of the Research
To collect the data, the researcher used some instruments. The instruments that the researcher used are the documentation of listening III
scores that was gotten from the office of English education department and test of speaking. The test that was conducted by the researcher was speaking
test. The test was conducted in order to know to what extend the ability of 3
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semester students in speaking. Furthermore, the researcher wanted to see directly their performance in speaking.
Before applying the test to the participants, the researcher did the pilot study to know whether the test is valid and reliable. At first, the researcher
tried out a speaking test with topic “Agreeing and disagreeing an issue” in which the test takers were asked to make a negotiation which was done in
group. As the result of the try-out, the topic that was given did not work well because some students chose to give no opinion and only some of them
participated the negotiation. After knowing the respond of the test takers, the researcher decided to change the test. She tested “Persuading people to buy
something” and the test takers respond it better. They spoke up more than when they tested using the first topic. Then the researcher decided to use the
second test. To assess students’ performance, the researcher asked one of her
friends to help her to assess students’ performance. This technique was used to reduce the subjectivity of speaking test. Therefore, the scores that will be
gained are the scores from two assessors.
E. Technique of Data Collection
1. Documentation Documentation which was used is the documentation of listening
comprehension scores. The data of listening score were collected through the documentation of English Education Department of UIN Syarif
Hidayatullah Jakarta. 2. Speaking Test
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To test the speaking, the researcher used role play for the test. The students were asked to make groups consisted of 4 people. Then,
they were asked to conduct conversation using the topics that were given to each group.
3. Video To be more detail in assessing the ability of speaking, the
researcher initiated to take a video of the students when they attended the speaking test. Moreover, this step of data collection was used to help the
assessors easier to handle the assessment. The video was used to assess and to analyze their speaking in detail, because it can be replied anytime
and give some spaces to the assessors to understand and consider their speaking ability.
F. Technique of Data Analysis
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