Abstract
The objective of this study was to find out the authenticity of the EFL summative test at one of the Senior High Schools in Seram, Maluku, Indonesia. The research design was a descriptive quantitative study. The data was collected from the documents of summative test items that consist of two major parts; forty multiple-test items and three open-ended questions. The instruments rubric was constructed to assess test authenticity. The analysis focused on test task authenticity, covering the setting, structure of the communicative event, input, and expected response. The rubric was constructed based on the characteristic of authenticity proposed by Bachman and Palmer (1996), and Brown and Abeywickrama, (2018). The finding showed that the summative test consists of 13 tasks using 9 short reading texts, 3 open-ended questions, and 2 short dialogue texts that served different social functions such as short message, self-introduction, recount text, announcement, narrative, argumentative text, invitation, recount text of personal experience, business letter, greeting, and turn taking. Concerning task authenticity, there were 32 out of 43 items on all task components were identified as high while 11 items were low. The cumulative analysis of all tasks indicated that 77% (10 tasks covering 32 items) were highly authentic, while 23% (3 tasks covering 11 items) were low authentic.
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Hardianto Hitimala, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia
Susi Septaviana Rahkmawati, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia
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Conference: ACE2024
Stream: Foreign Languages Education & Applied Linguistics (including ESL/TESL/TEFL)
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To cite this article:
Hitimala H., & Rahkmawati S. (1970) The Authenticity of EFL Summative Test-Task Items at a Senior High School in West Seram, Maluku Province, Indonesia ISSN: 2186-5892 – The Asian Conference on Education 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. -) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5892.2025.85
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5892.2025.85
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