38 Reading and Writing test for RSBI seventh grade students of SMP Pangudi Luhur
I Yogyakarta. Thus, it can be concluded that the researcher’s framework matches with RD framework.
B. Research Participants
There were four types of participants in the study. They are: 1. The first were the RSBI seventh grade students of SMP Pangudi Luhur I
Yogyakarta. This class consists of 27 students. They were the objects of the study. Their roles were as the test takers.
2. The second was the English teacher of RSBI seventh grade class of SMP Pangudi Luhur I Yogyakarta. From the teacher, the researcher was able to gather
information through an interview about the students’ needs from the teacher’s point of view. The English teacher of RSBI seventh grade class of SMP Pangudi
Luhur I Yogyakarta was involved as the participant of both pre-design and post- design interview.
3. The third was a lecturer of the English Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta. The lecturer was involved in the post-design
interview. The participant was asked to judge whether the proposed and the revised product already met the validity and authenticity of an appropriate test or
not. 4. The last participant was a test constructor from Language Training Institute
Yogyakarta. The role of this last participant was similar with the role of the third participant. She was involved in the post-design interview to judge whether the
39 proposed and the revised product already met the validity and authenticity of an
appropriate test or not.
C. Research Instruments
To gather the data needed in this study, the researcher used an instrument. The instrument was interview. Interview is useful to find out detailed information
about a person’s thoughts and behavior Boyce Neale, 2006: 3. In this study, the researcher conducted interview twice. The first interview was a pre-design
interview that was conducted in the need-analysis to gather data before designing the test, and the subject in this interview was an English teacher of RSBI seventh
grade class of SMP Pangudi Luhur I Yogyakarta. The second interview was the post-design interview that was conducted after the test had been designed, and the
subjects in this interview were the English teacher of RSBI seventh grade class of SMP Pangudi Luhur I Yogyakarta, a lecturer from the English Education Study
Program of Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta, and a test constructor from Language Training Institute Yogyakarta. This second interview aimed at finding
data to judge the validity and authenticity of the designed test. Besides, the data was also used to evaluate and revise the test before it was field-tested.
D. Data Gathering Technique
