Material, Syllabus and Curriculum

In addition, the writer also compares the percentage with the criteria adopted from Arikunto’s opinion: 76 – 100 = Good 56 – 75 = Sufficient 40 – 55 = Less good 40 = Bad 1 Beside, the writer compared the result of the analysis, whether it has content validity or not, to the result of the interview from the team teachers who made the summative test, if there is relation to the result found. 1 SuharsimiArikunto, ProsedurePenelitian, Jakarta: RinekaCipta. 2003. P.313 23

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION

1. The Description of the Data The writer analyzes the test materials whether they conform to the English syllabus of SMP PGRI 2 Ciputat. The data was a written test and the instrument was a syllabus. The English test was made by an English teacher of SMP PGRI 2 Ciputat. The data used in this study is the English summative test for odd semester, which is called Ulangan Umum Semester Ganjil Tahun Pelajaran 20132014 for the Second Grade students of SMP PGRI 2 Ciputat. The total numbers of reading and writing test items are 35 items which consist of 30 multiple choice items and 5 essays. The data analyzed measured only two skills. They were reading and writing. The analyze start from number 11-40 multiple choice and 5 essays. The test was held on Tuesday, 3 th December 2013 with the given time 120 minutes.Having investigated the summative test items, the writer is able to describe the data as follows: The numbers of reading consist of 22 items number. The number writing test consist of 13 items number. The kinds of indicator reading are recount text, descriptive text, invitation, and short message. The kinds of indicator writing are complete the invitation, announcement, short message, suitable word, recount and descriptive. Thus, the writer separated the syllabus into reading and writing skill. The data were described as the table below: Table 4.1 The Distribution of Reading Indicator Reading Indicator Data Found in the Summative test items Total a Membaca dengan nyaring dan bermakna teks fungsional pendek berupa descriptive dan recount b Mengidentifikasi berbagai informasi dalam teks fungsional pendek berupa descriptive dan recount teks. 14,15,21, 22, 28, 5 test items c Mengidentifikasi fungsi social teks fungsional pendek berupa undangan, pesan singkat d Mengidentifikasi ciri kebahasaan teks fungsional pendek berupa undangan, pesan singkat e Merespon makna gagasan dalam esei pendek sederhana 23, 30 2 test item f Merespon makna tekstual dalam teks descriptive dan recount 16, 24, 31 3 test item g Merespon langkah retorikateks descriptive dan recount h Merespon pertanyaan tentang tujuan komunikatif teks descriptive dan recount 13, 29,33 3 test item i Merespon ciri kebahasaan teks descriptive dan recount j Membaca nyaring teks descriptive dan recount Total 4 indicators 13 test items Based on the table above, there are 10 indicators of reading. However, the English summative test fulfilled only 4 indicators and they are developed into 13 test items. The percentage of the conformity level for the reading skill indicator can be calculated as follow: F P = ──× 100 N 4 P = ──× 100 10 P = 40 P = percentage of content validity for the indicator of reading skill F = frequency of reading skill indicator appearance in the test items N = total of reading skill indicator required in the English syllabus From the calculation above, it can be seen that the percentage of the conformity level for the reading skill is 40 . It means that the distributions of items number are not proportional. Table 4.2 The Distribution of Writing Indicators Writing Indicator Data Found in the summative test items Total a Melengkapi rumpang teks fungsional pendek 32 1 test item b Menyusun kata menjadi teks fungsional yang bermakna 37,38, 3 essay 3 test item c Melengkapi kosakata dan tata bahasa terkait jenis teks fungsional 34,35,36 3 test item d Menulis kalimat sederhana terkait jenis teks e Menulis teks fungsional pendek berdasarkan jenis teks terkait f Melengkapi rumpang teks essai pendek 2 essay 1 test item g Menyusun kalimat menjadi teks yang bermakna 39,40, 5 essay 3 test item h Menulis kalimat dalam bentuk descriptive dan recount 4 essay 1 test item Total 6 indicators 12 test items According to the table above, there are 8 indicators of writing. However, the English summative test fulfilled only 6 indicators and they are developed into 12 test items. The percentage of the conformity level for the writing skill can be calculated as follow: F P = ──× 100 N 6 P = ──× 100 8 P = 75 P = percentage of content validity for the indicator of writing skill F = frequency of writing skill indicator appearance in the test items N = total of writing skill indicator required in the English syllabus From the calculation above, it can be seen that the percentage of the conformity level for the writing skill is 75 . It means that the distributions of writing are almost proportional. After analyzing the distribution of the test items of reading and writing indicators, the writer also describes the conformity and unconformity of summative test items which are compared to the English syllabus. They can be described as below: Table 4.3 The Conformity between the Summative Test Items and the English Syllabus No. Syllabus Indicators of reading skill Number Test Items Total 1 Mengidentifikasi berbagai informasi dalam teks fungsional pendek berupa descriptive dan recount teks. 14,15,21, 22, 28, 5 test items 2 Merespon makna gagasan dalam esei pendek sederhana 23, 30 2 test item 3 Merespon makna tekstual dalam teks descriptive dan recount 16, 24, 31 3 test item 4 Merespon pertanyaan tentang tujuan komunikatif teks descriptive dan recount 13, 29,33 3 test item No. Syllabus Indicators of writing skill Number Test Items Total 1. Melengkapi rumpang teks fungsional pendek 32 1 test item 2. Menyusun kata menjadi teks fungsional yang bermakna 37,38, 3 essay 3 test item 3. Melengkapi kosakata dan tata bahasa terkait jenis teks fungsional 34,35,36 3 test item 4. Melengkapi rumpang teks essai pendek 2 essay 1 test item 5. Menyusun kalimat menjadi teks yang bermakna 39,40, 5 essay 3 test item 6. Menulis kalimat dalam bentuk descriptive dan recount 4 essay 1 test item Total the conform indicator are 10 indicators 25 test items From the table above, it can be seen that there are 4 indicators of reading and 6 indicators of writing skill which are appropriate to the English syllabus at second grade of odd semester. There are 5 indicators about specific information, 2 indicators about main idea, 3 indicators about meaning of text, 3 indicators about purpose of communicative of text, 1 indicators about complete the text, 3 indicators covering arranged word into good sentence, 3 indicators covering complete the verb refer the text, 1 indicators covering complete the suitable word, 3 indicators covering arranged sentence to be good paragraph, 1 indicators covering write an essay. The percentage of the conformity between the summative test items and the English syllabus can be calculated as follow: F P = ──× 100 N 10 P = ──× 100 18 P = 55,5 P = percentage of indicators reading and writing F = frequency of indicators reading and writing Appearance in the Test Items N = Number of indicators From the result of the calculation of the conformity between the summative test items and the English syllabus above, it shows that the conformity of the test items