5 Errors used in the negative adjective ‘No’
6 Errors on the use of gerund used after possessive.
3.6.2 Arrangement of the Test Items
After classifying the test items, the writer then arranged the test items into the following numbers:
1 Completion test:
a. Text 1
Test on the use of gerunds as direct objects, numbers: 1, 3. Test on the use of gerunds as objects of preposition, number: 4.
Test on the use of gerunds used after possessive, number: 7. b.
Text 2 Test on the use of gerunds as direct objects, number: 6.
Test on the use of gerunds as objects of preposition, numbers: 5, 7, and 8. 2
Translation test Gerunds as subjects, numbers: 1, 6, 11, 16.
Gerunds as direct objects, numbers: 2, 17. Gerunds as subjective complement, numbers: 3, 8, 12, 20.
Gerunds used in the negative adjective ‘No’, numbers: 5, 9, 15, 19.
3.6.3 The Administration of the Try Out
The try out test was conducted at the English Department of UNNES, on Monday, 5
th
of March 2007 in the academic year of 2006 2007. The writer tried it out to the students of IV B Regular Literature class because their average mark of
grammar was the third position nearest to the average mark of grammar of all classes, below IV C Parallel Education class in the first position and IV A Regular Education
class in the second position. The total students of IV B Regular Literature class were 32 students. Because four students were absent, so there was only 28 students
altogether. The test was given to 28 students. To try out the test, the writer made 18 items of completion test and 20 items
of translation test. The try out test was carried out in 90 minutes. The goal of conducting the try out test was to measure the validity and
reliability of the test. The score of the try out test can be seen in appendix 3.
1 Preparation of the Try Out
The writer prepared the test by designing the instrument and consulting it to her advisors. After it was approved, she conducted the try-out.
2 Try out
The try out test was conducted on March 5
th
, 2007. The writer took one class that was assumed as a representative one, to get the reliability of the test.
3 Scoring the test
The scoring of the test result was done by the writer. It began from March 6
th
up to March 7
th
, 2007.
Harris 1964: 114 states that the reliability and the validity of the test are highly dependent on the manner in which the instrument is employed. So before the
test was used to collect the data, it was tried out to measure the validity, the reliability, and the practicality of the test.
Suharsimi 1992: 135 states that a try out can be carried out in either a small scale or a large one.
Twenty eight students took the try out. They had to finish those two kinds of test items in 90 minutes. After the test has been administered and scored, it is
necessary to make an item analysis that is, evaluating the effectiveness of the item. Item analysis is meant to check whether or not each item meets the requirements of a
good test item.
3.7 Item Analysis 3.7.1 Validity
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