It matches with the Items Writing Rules of the Test Making It matches with the level of Literacy for Junior High School in the It contains the meaning should be tested : Ideational meaning, because it

AN ANALYSIS... Hastuti Handayani Mater’s Program in Linguistics, Diponegoro University ©2009, UNDIP Institutional Repository spoken test. The Listening competence is tested in both forms, Written and Spoken. Therefore the item number 4 contains of Listening competence. a. It matches with the level of Literacy for Junior High School in the Content Standard. It is about conversation in daily context. b. It matches with the Competence Standard and Basic Competence of KTSP The Competence Standard of Listening competence for the 8 th grade is: Understanding meaning in very simple transactional and interpersonal conversation to interact with closest environment. Its Basic Competence is Responding meaning in very simple transactional and interpersonal conversation using variety oral language accurately, fluently, acceptable to interact with closest environment which involve speech act : asking and giving service. c. It matches with the indicator of Listening competence in the English syllabus of KTSP : Responding expression of asking service. d. It matches with the technique of assessment in the syllabus, which states that the Listening competence test can be in written form. But it does not match with the example of the assessment instrument in the syllabus which states that the material should be listened by the students, while this item is not listened by the students. e. It contains the meaning should be tested : interpersonal meaning, because it uses gambit for being polite, expresses someone’s attitude

f. It matches with the Items Writing Rules of the Test Making

AN ANALYSIS... Hastuti Handayani Mater’s Program in Linguistics, Diponegoro University ©2009, UNDIP Institutional Repository Technique Based on the Content Standard which is mentioned on the page 46 The conclusion is : the item number 5 matches with the Competence Standard and the Basic Competence of English Syllabus for Junior High School in Semarang, and also matches the Content Standard of KTSP. But It does not match with the example of the instrument of assessment in the syllabus. 6. Canada - 9,976,000 square kilometers USA - 9,363,000 square kilometers Brazil - 8,512,000 square kilometers Canada is the……….country among them a. large b. largest c. bigger d. smallest Discussions

a. It matches with the level of Literacy for Junior High School in the

Content Standard. It is about reading a text. The text above is a Short Functional Text. b. It matches with the Competence Standard and Basic Competence of KTSP The Standard of Competencies of Reading for the 7 th class see the table 1 : Understanding meaning in short functional text. Its Basic Competence : Responding meaning in simple and short functional AN ANALYSIS... Hastuti Handayani Mater’s Program in Linguistics, Diponegoro University ©2009, UNDIP Institutional Repository written text accurately, fluently, and acceptably to be able to interact in daily contexts with materials in form of Notice. c. It matches with the indicator of Reading competence in the English syllabus of KTSP : Determining detail information d. It matches with the technique of assessment in the syllabus : It was given in written form

e. It contains the meaning should be tested : Ideational meaning, because it

is about the content of the text

f. It matches with the Items Writing Rules of the Test Making Technique