REVIEWING AND EDITING THE TEST ON TEFL II MID TERM (2011/2012)

1. Each test items on TEFL II Mid Term are very important for learning outcomes of TEFL II. They present various questions which can measure the students’ ability about Teaching English as Foreign Language (TEFL II). The whole questions are also related to the material of TEFL II. No one question is deviated from the material. The questions are presented to measure how far the students’ knowledge about teaching Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary. Each test items are directly related to the material of TEFL II, no one question is out of the material of TEFL II. For instance, number 1 to 10 are about teaching Listening skill, 11 to 16 are about teaching Speaking skill, 17 to 21 are about teaching Reading skill, 22 to 26 are about teaching Writing skill, and 27 to 30 are about teaching Vocabulary. So that they have been very important for measuring the learning outcomes of TEFL II. (Score:1)
2. To evaluate the test such a TEFL II, it is very suitable using multiple choice and essay test. From multiple choices, it can measure how far the detailed informations that students know. While Essay test, it can help students to develop their way of thinking and how to conduct and expand their idea. Beside that, generally, most of the test items are appropriate with syllabus of TEFL II. But there are a few questions which are out of the syllabus of TEFL II, for example: number 3 and 11. Question number 3: most of psycholinguistic literature suggests that the basic units of meaning involved in comprehension are… That question is not appropriate for TEFL II test because it should be the test of psycholinguistic not TEFL II. Although TEFL II has relation with Psycholinguistic, but that question can not be included into TEFL II because that question asks about the study of Psycholinguistics itself not the relationship between Psycholinguistics and TEFL II. Other example is question number 11: in the past, the teaching methods which gave emphasis on listening and reading skills only were the followings, except… This question can not be included into TEFL II test because it had been included in TEFL I material. So that this question is not appropriate for TEFL II test. (Score:3)
3. Most of the questions have been clearly instructed. They have had clear and unambiguous instruction. So that the students can understand the instruction well. But there are some questions with too long and unessential Informations which can bother students in understanding the question. For example multiple choice question number: 7 and 29. Question number 7: according to Morley, Listening is not a passive skill. It has three communicative listening modes as the following, except… This question is too long and contains unessential information. Listening is not a passive skill is unessential information and even can bother students to understand the task. So that the question should be: according to Morley, Listening has three communicative listening modes as the following, except… Other example is question number 29: The basic principles behind memorization are obvious. Passage will be memorized more easily, if they have the following qualifications, except... This question is also too long and contains unessential information. So that the question should be: Passage will be memorized more easily, if they have the following qualifications, except... (Score:2)
4. Mostly, the questions have used simple and clear language. They use language which makes the students easy to understand the whole questions and answers. The grammar used in each items are very clearly. The vocabularies used in each items are also very suitable with the students’ university level. The vocabularies are simple and understandable. So that there are no difficulties in understanding questions and answers. The selections of dictions also have been appropriate. So that there are no ambiguous sentences found in each test items. (Score:1)
5. Most of the questions of TEFL II Mid Term have no clues which will make students easier to answer the questions. It does not mean that the teacher makes students difficult to answer the question. But it has been done for achieving the intended outcomes. However, there are only few items which still give some clues in the question. For instance, question number 29: The basic principles behind memorization are obvious. Passage will be memorized more easily, if they have the following qualifications, except... Obvious and more easily are the clues of the answer that refers to meaningful, written in the learners’ native language and grammatical. Because it is an exception, the students will be easy to choose simple as the correct answer. Other example is essay question number 5 has some clues in multiple choice question number 19. Essay question number 5: explain and give examples of formal schemata and content schemata. When students look back in multiple choice question number 19, they will be easy to find the explanation of formal schemata and content schemata.(Score:3)
6. Mostly, the difficulties of each items have been appropriate for TEFL II test. Most of the questions have been available in the hand book. If the students study hard, they will be able to answer the majorities’ questions. But there are some low difficulties in that test items. For example, question number 11: in the past, the teaching methods which gave emphasis on listening and reading skills only were the followings, except…. It is very easy for the level of TEFL II because it is part of TEFL I which have been taught in TEFL I. So that it should not be raised in TEFL II test. In other hand, there are some high difficulties found in that test. For example, question number 3: most of psycholinguistic literature suggests that the basic units of meaning involved in comprehension are… this question is very difficult for those who have not taken Psycholinguistics subject. Although it has relationship with TEFL II, but it still include in the most difficult category of TEFL II. (Score:2)
7. All the questions in TEFL II Mid Term are arranged orderly. It is started with the easiest question and increases to be more difficult and most difficult. In the middle of the questions, there are mixtures between easy and difficult items in order to make students not too confused with the items. The questions also keep away from overlapping. They are ordered based on the material in TEFL II. The sequences are teaching Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary. But there still can be found some dependent items. For example: question number 13 with 14 and 22 with 23. Question number 13 is closely related and depends on question number 14 and so do question number 22 with 23. (Score:2)
8. The test items are very appropriate and not deviated from the curriculum. They have presented good questions. But the test items are very far from the material had been discussed in the class with the lecturer. In the class, students are demanded to be autodidact and autonomous. In the class, lecturer just discussed a little bit of TEFL II material. The lecturer mostly discussed about structure instead, not TEFL II material. It can make students difficult to understand the main subject in the class. Because the lecturer put a big attention in Structure. The main subject, TEFL II, is very ignored by the lecturer. The lecturer only ordered students to study by themselves. (Score:3)

Note : 1 → Excellent
2 → Good
3 → Average
4 → Poor

Calculation : 1+3+2+1+3+2+2+3= 17
Score : 17