Sampoerna School of Education

English Pre-testing
Classroom Language Strategy: Questioning and Responding
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Test Booklet

About The Test The test is conducted as a part of assignment of Classroom Language Strategies: Questioning and Responding course. The test is designed to assess the English language proficiency of students who enroll to Sampoerna School of Education (SSE). The test is aimed to predict the students competences in English in order to be able to survive in SSE academic courses. Procedures The test has four sections, which assess Grammar & Vocabulary, Reading, Writing and Speaking skills. The test is about two hours long, with 15 minutes break after the Writing section. The test takers have to answer the questions in each section in the time allocation provided. The test takers are not allowed to continue to the next sections or back to the previous sections during the current time. Section Time Allocation Number of Questions Grammar & Vocabulary Reading Writing Speaking 25 minutes 25 minutes 25 minutes 30 minutes 1-14 15 - 30 31 32

Notes: 1. You are not allowed to borrow each others stationery 2. You are not allowed to open dictionary, either printed or electronic 3. Since this is a time-based test, you have to work on certain section in the given time. You are not allowed to re-open the previous section if the time is over 4. You have to ask permission from the test administer when you want to exit the test room

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Section 1: Grammar and Vocabullary

A. Choose and cross (X) A, B, C or D that answer the question! 1. The lectures ... this matter to the students when they were in third semester. A. Have explained B. Had explained C. Explains D. Explaining 2. I the house before you called. A. Leave B. Am leaving C. Had left D. Had been leaving 3. Mr. Susantos assistant more relaxed since his promotion. A. Has become B. Has been becoming C. Becomes D. Had become 4. By next month, I at this company for a year. A. Will work B. Will be working C. Will have been working D. Am going to work 5. Mr. Suroso and Mrs. Sunarti some disputes with their neighbors A. Has been having B. Had been having C. Have been having D. Been having

B. Complete the dialogue with suitable auxiliary verb! How to get smart personality Conversation between a student and a teacher Student : I wish to have a smart personality. How can I get it? English Pre-testing: Language Testing and Assessment Project Page 3

Teacher : Do you know what the personality is? Student : Yes. If we look attractive it means we have good personality. Teacher : It is the half definition. There are two types of personality. One is the inner personality and the second is the outer personality. Student : What do you mean by inner personality? Teacher : Inner personality means your behavior, your attitude and your intelligence. Student : What is outer personality? Teacher : Outer personality means your physical appearance. Student : Which personality is more important? Teacher : Both are equally important. They are like the two sides of the coins which can not be separated. Student : How (6) I improve my inner personality. Teacher : It is little difficult to improve inner personality. Improving inner personality is a time consuming job but it can be improved. Read a newspaper, watch informative programs and be with intelligent and positive people. Student : How (7) I improve outer personality? Teacher : It is very easy to improve outer personality. Have a smart hair cut. Student : Which hair style (8)I keep? Teacher : Any good hair stylist can guide you which hair style to keep. Wear good clothes. Student : Need I buy costly clothes? Teacher : Good clothes need not to be costly. Good clothes mean the clothes which suits you. You (9) wear the clothes in which you feel comfortable and confident. English Pre-testing: Language Testing and Assessment Project Page 4

Student : How can I know if I am looking good or not? Teacher : You can take your friends with you for shopping. They can certainly guide you. You can also take the opinion of dress designer. Student : I think if I act upon your advice I will certainly get good personality. Teacher : What are you waiting for? Start working to have a good personality. Best of luck!

C. Choose and cross (X) A, B, C or D that answer the question! 10. A task which may be authentic for a group of students may be quite inauthentic for another. The underlined word has the closest meaning to

A. Genuine B. Disputable C. Artificial D. Fabricated

11. Declaring bankruptcy to overcome medical debt seems like a feasible option. The underlined word has the closest meaning to A. Impossible B. Useless C. Practicable D. Theoretical 12. It needs deeper and sustainable education to improve awareness and .. real action to preserve the earth from the ecological damage caused by humans. The best word to replace the blank in the sentence is A. Needle B. Rouse C. Provoke D. Compel 13. The researchers .. the use of ICT in teaching English in large classes. The best word to replace the blank in the sentence is A. Investigated B. Considered English Pre-testing: Language Testing and Assessment Project Page 5

C. Probed D. Inspected 14. The .. popularity of social networking sites and mobile phone texting have presented society with problems in how to protect children online. The best word to replace the blank in the sentence is A. Expanding B. Improving C. Intensifying D. Increasing

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Section 2: Reading
Read this passage carefully to answer questions number 17-22! Things to Do while You Watch a 3D-movie Feeling bored during holiday but have a little money only? Watching a three dimensional (3D) movie can be one of the best choices to spend your holiday. You can feel an amazing experience in watching real-like scenes through three-dimensional (3D) glasses. However, before you watch the movie, you need to consider the following regulation if you do not want the officer expels you from the studio.
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Dont make any noise or have a chat with people next to you Please turn off your mobile phone or turn it into silent mode Sit politely on your own seat Dont record the movie with any recorder device Dont litter at the studio Eating food that bought at the cinema are allowed Smoking is not allowed Check your belonging before you leave the studio Please turn the 3D glasses back after movie is over

Now you can go to the cinema, then buy the ticket and enjoy the movie! A. Read the following statements and write T if the statement is TRUE or write F if it is FALSE in the blank column of each statement.
No. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Statements The regulation is only applied when you watch the two dimensional movie. The audiences are allowed to bring camera to record the movie. There is a rule that ban the visitors to put rubbish anywhere at the cinema The audiences are allowed to bring any kind of food from their home. Take your seat wherever you feel comfortable. The officer will ask you to go out from the cinema if you smoke.

T/F

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Read this passage carefully to answer questions number 23-27 Internet Watchdog Could Stop Collegiate Copycats From a news story byCNN San Francisco Reporter Don Knapp Academic thieves beware. While the students can easily get many research papers off the Internet,now a new Web site could help professors catch plagiarizers irresponsible. Some students actually research and write their term-papers the old-fashioned way. Others, however, just copy fake ones off the Internet and turn them in as their work. To prevent collegiate copycats, two graduate students at the University of California at Berkeley have devised a program that compares a student's submission with every other termpaper on the Web. "We fundamentally search a hundred million Web pages on the Internet, interfacing with the top 20 search engines," said John Barrie, of www.plagiarism.com. "We also examine in contrast that with our local data base of term papers." Teachers who sign up can send their students' papers to the Web site. The originality of the students work becomes seriously clear within 24 hours. "We code every sentence that was a word-for-word match with another sentence, either contained on the Internet or within our database," Barrie said. David Presti, a U.C. Berkeley professor who teaches neurobiology, told his class he would use the program. However, numerous students still plagiarized term-papers from the Internet anyway. "We ran all 300 papers through the program and found 45 of them, or 15 percent of students, had cut and pasted significant amounts of material from various World Wide Web sites without citations," Presti said. Students underhandedly accused can have the opportunity to defend themselves. They can show the instructors where they got their material "that indeed they haven't got their material from the Internet or some other source," Barrie said. Competitiveness is rather tough at prestigious universities like U.C. Berkeley and other universities. Some students welcome the Internet research watchdog, considering it6 a way to level the academic playing field. "I think it's justified academically. Plagiarizing is wrong," one said. English Pre-testing: Language Testing and Assessment Project Page 8

B. Choose and cross (X) A, B, C or D that answer the question! 21. What is the main purpose of the text? A. To entertain the readers B. To describe a thing to the readers C. To inform the readers D. To ilustrate chronological events to the readers 22. What is the main idea of paragraph one? A. The professors can use a new Web site to catch Internet plagiarizers B. Some students still copy fake their work from the Internet C. Two graduate students made a devised program to compare student's submission with every other term-paper on the Web D. The professors would know if their students did their work within 24 hours 23. What pattern does the writer use in the above text? A. Description B. Sequence C. Cause and Effect D. Problem and Solution 24. What is the problem that occurs when the students can easily get research papers off the Internet? A. The students have opportunity to defend themselves B. The students can easily do plagiarism C. The competition is not though between other students D. The teachers can pevent the collegiate copycats 25. What is best the word to replace the word collegiate (in paragraph 3)? a. b. c. d. Bookish Academic Erudite Intelectual

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C. Read the following statements and write T if the statement is TRUE or write F if it is FALSE in the blank column of each statement
No. Statements 26.

T/F

The competition between other University students in U. C. Berkeley is not tough

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The students can show the citation of the Internet sources to defend themselves for not doing the plagiarism

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One graduate student at U. C. Berkeley made a devised program to monitor the plagiarism

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The devised program works 24 hours to know the result if the students do plagiarism or not

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The devised program search for a hundred million Web pages on the Internet, interfacing with the top 20 search engines to examine in contrast with the local data base of students term-papers

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Section 3: Writing
A. In Indonesia, teacher profession is rarely chosen because it is not considered as a prestigious profession. Since you enter Teacher College, you certainly have strong reason (s.) Why do you encouraged to become a prospective teacher? Why do you decide to choose SSE as one of institution which is preparing a teacher? Write down your opinion to response the statements above! (about 350-400 words)

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Section 4: Speaking
A. In this section, you will have to give oral presentation. You are allowed to give your presentation in 5 minutes. Regarding this, you are asked to talk about your academic achievements and your personal information. DO NOT forget to tell us about:
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What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses? Why we should choose you as a student in SSE?

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Writing Opinion Paragraph Rubric

Score Criteria

1 -demonstrates limited support of thesis statement -demonstrates limited competence

2 -demonstrates moderate support of thesis statement -demonstrates moderate competence in explaining; making inferences and forming conclusions

3 -demonstrates considerable support of thesis statement -demonstrates considerable competence in explaining; making inferences and forming conclusions

4 -demonstrates thorough support of thesis statement -demonstrates thorough competence in explaining; making inferences and forming conclusions

TOTAL

Thinking (25%)

in explaining; making inferences and forming conclusions

-able to select Knowledge & Understanding (25%) important information, ideas, and themes simply - Errors interfere with communication. Mechanic (25%) Transition words are not used.

-able to select important information, ideas, and themes adequately - Errors distract from communication. Some transition words are used; persuasive techniques are attempted.

-able to describe information, ideas, opinions and themes with a high degree of effectiveness -Errors do not distract from communication. Transition words are used; persuasive techniques are used.

-able to describe information, ideas, and themes thoroughly -Errors do not distract from communication. Transition words and persuasive techniques are used effectively.

uses language Application (25%) conventions with limited accuracy and effectiveness

uses language conventions with some accuracy and effectiveness

uses language conventions with considerable accuracy and effectiveness

uses language conventions with a high degree of accuracy and effectiveness

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Oral Presentation Rubric

Criteria

1
Attempts were made to

2
The presentation content and structure was tailored to the audience and to the intended purpose of informing, interesting or persuading.

3
The presentation content, structure and delivery were closely tailored to the audience and to the intended purpose of informing, interesting or persuading.

Suitability of presentation for purpose and audience

tailor the presentation content to the intended purpose of informing, interesting or persuading.

Presenter occasionally

Presenter usually spoke clearly to ensure audience comprehension. Delivery was usually fluent.

Presenter spoke clearly and at a good pace to ensure audience comprehension. Delivery was fluent and expressive.

Voice: clarity, pace, fluency

spoke clearly and at a good pace.

The vocabulary of the presentation was mainly

The vocabulary of the presentation was appropriate for the topic. Sentence structures were usually correct. The presentation content was usually grammatically correct.

The vocabulary of the presentation was appropriate for the topic. A variety of phrases and sentence structures were used. The presentation content was grammatically correct. Pronunciation and intonation is correct and confident.

Vocabulary, sentence structure, grammar

appropriate for the topic. The presentation content was occasionally grammatically correct.

Pronunciation occasionally

Pronunciation and intonation is usually correct.

Pronunciation

correct, but often hesitant and inaccurate. An attempt was made to

The presentation was summed up clearly.

The presentation was summed up clearly and effectively, with key points emphasised.

Conclusion of topic

conclude the presentation.

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