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study. b.
In practicing the test, students need media which supports translation tools if they faced difficulty and allows them to access the test in flexible time
constraint. A simple address will be beneficial so that the site can be accessed easily.
c. Students need a media which facilitates immediate result and feedback of the
test so that students can correct their error right away.
2. Goal, General Purposes, and Topics
In this step, the writer had to decide the goal, general purposes, and appropriate topics. Further, the writer reviewed on School-based Curriculum or
KTSP for Grade XII student of IPAIPS program in senior high school. The writer decided to adapt the goal of the design from Competence Standard for Grade XII
especially for developing reading skill. The designed test would assist the Grade XII students of senior high school to practice and to drill their reading skill as
stated in Competence Standard by using website. The website itself was designed using Wondershare QuizCreator 3.2 serial which created Flash-based interactive
quizzes and assessments. Meanwhile, the general purpose of designing a set of web-based multiple-
choice reading test for Grade XII students of senior high school in Kecamatan Cibinong was adapted from Basic Competence of Grade XII students of IPSIPA
program from KTSP. The point of Basic Competence was to improve the students’ reading skill and mastery especially in the form of narrative,
79 explanation, discussion, and review text. Those test types were applied in the
design. The goal and general purposes were presented in the table as follows:
Table 4.3: The Goal and General Purposes of the Study
Goal Competence Standard
General Purposes Basic Competences
Understanding meaning of written text in functional and essay texts in the
form of narrative, explanation, discussion and review in daily context
for accessing science or knowledge. Finding general purpose, main idea, implicit
information, detailed information, specific information, and meaning of word phrase or
sentence from short functional written text and essay in the form of narrative,
explanation, discussion and review.
For the topics of the design, the writer determined text types that were in accordance with the combination of Competence Standard in semester one and
semester two. They were narrative, explanation, discussion, and review text. From the topics, the writer determined some reading passages for each test type. The
test was divided into three types. The differences among type A, B, and C were in the amount of reading passages, questions, display of the pages, and the amount of
grammatical questions. Whereas, the test content of each type had similarities. The details information about reading passages for each topic was presented in the
following table.
Table 4.4: The List of the Topics and Reading Passages
No. Topic Type
A Type
B Type
C
1. Narrative -
No Welcome at the Hotel
- Sultan
- The Miracle
Baby -
Davy Crockett -
Birth of Jersey Devil
- Jack and the
Beanstalk 2. Explanation -
Hot Air -
Satellite - Pizza
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No. Topic Type
A Type
B Type
C
Balloon -
Miami Bus -
Ibuprofen -
Salmonella Poisoning
- Clothes
- Red Poppy
3. Discussion - Immigration -
Wearing Raw Meat Dress
- Convince or
Care? 4. Review
- Nature Lesson
- Remembering
Blue -
Bucket List
3. Learning Objectives
