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B. Problem Formulation
From the illustration above the researcher formulates the problem as: 1. How is a combination of Reading and Writing test for RSBI seventh grade
students of SMP Pangudi Luhur I Yogyakarta designed? 2. What does a combination of Reading and Writing test for RSBI seventh grade
students of SMP Pangudi Luhur I Yogyakarta look like?
C. Problem Limitation
There are four skills in English that must be learnt and mastered by the learners in order to be able to speak English well, namely Listening, Speaking,
Reading and Writing. To find out whether learners have been mastered those four skills or not, learners’ four English skills must be measured. Generally, Listening
and Speaking skills are measured in the same time, while Reading skill is measured together with Writing skill. In this research, the researcher only focuses
on Reading and Writing skills. Thus, the researcher only designed a combination of Reading and Writing test.
The researcher only designed a test that only measured Reading and Writing skills because Listening and Speaking skills have been measured by an
achievement test conducted weekly by the English teacher. Here, the test designed by the researcher was a combination of Reading and Writing test for final
semester examination. RSBI seventh grade students of SMP Pangudi Luhur I Yogyakarta were
chosen to be the subjects of the study because the researcher had an experience of
6 teaching English in this class and found a problem that the English teacher made
the test for them relying only on an assumption that the test should be more challenging. However, any evaluation has never been done to see the evidences
that the test was effective and already appropriate for the students. Therefore, the researcher attempted to conduct a study to find out the appropriate combination of
Reading and Writing test for RSBI seventh grade students of SMP Pangudi Luhur
I Yogyakarta.
D. Objective of the Study
This study is aimed at designing a combination of Reading and Writing test for RSBI seventh grade students of SMP Pangudi Luhur I Yogyakarta.
E. Product Specification