Using Gap-Filling Task in Assessingstudents’ Ability in Usingindefinite and Definite Adjectives/Pronouns  

Oleh:

Husein, Sadam

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 2, page 58-67.
Topik: a gap-filling task; students’ ability; indefinite and definite adjectives/pronouns
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The purpose of the research was to assess the students’ ability in using one, another, the other, other, others and the others as indefinite and definite adjectives/pronouns.The design of this research was quantitative descriptive.The population of this research was 173 students of English Department of Faculty of Languages and Artswhoregistered in the academic year 2011/2012 at StateUniversity of Padang. By using simple random sampling technique, thirtystudents were taken as the sample of this research.The instrument used to test their ability was a grammar test.The test was constructed in gap-filling task or fill-in-the-blank consisted of 100 items and tried out to other thirty students. The students were asked to fill the blank spaces with one, another, the other, other, others, or the others.The data was analyzed by looking at the estimation of item discrimination and item facility of the grammar test tried out. After deleting useless questions, 73 items were used to test the students’ ability in using them.The allocation time was 90 minutes. The result of this research showed that students’ ability in using one, another, the other, other, others and the others as indefinite and definite adjectives/pronouns was poor. The mean score of the grammar test was 47.72. From thirty students, there were only a student with an excellent category and five students with a good category in mastering the materials. These students already mastered the use of one, another, the other, other, others and the others as indefinite and definite adjectives/pronouns, but the others did not really understand. The highest score of the student was 84.94 and the lowest score of the student was 26.03.

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