TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST OF ENGLISH FOR YEAR 9 STUDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL STANDAR SCHOOL (SBI) ACADEMIC

YEAR 2012- 2013 School Level Subject Year Semester Reference Time Allocated Number of Items Test Type : : : : : : : : Junior High School English IX (nine) 1 (one) SKL SBI 120 50 MC

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Standard Competences
Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in the daily life and/or academic contexts. Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and/or academic contexts.

Basic Competences
Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in the daily life and/or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings explicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and/or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitly

Text Types
Notice

Topics
At the public area

Total Test Items

1

Indicators
Given a notice at the public area, students identify implicit information in the text.

Test Item Numbers

1

Greetings card

Someones success

Given a greeting card on someones success, students find explicit information in the text.

Greetings card

Someones success

Given a greeting card on someones success,

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No

Standard Competences

Basic Competences
expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and/or academic contexts.

Text Types

Topics

Total Test Items

Indicators
students find the meaning of a word in the text.

Test Item Numbers

Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and/or academic contexts.

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Announcement

Webinar Cancellatio n

Given a public announcement, students find implicit information in the text. Given a public announcement, students identify its communicative purpose of the text. Given an invitation for a graduation celebration, students identify implied information in the text.

Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and/or academic contexts.

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Invitation

Graduation Celebration

Given an invitation for a graduation celebration, students identify its communicative purpose of the text.

47

No

Standard Competences

Basic Competences

Text Types

Topics

Total Test Items

Indicators

Test Item Numbers

Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings explicitely expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Procedure s

Scientific experiment

Given a procedure text on a scientific experiment, students identify explicit information in the text.

Procedure s

Scientific experiment

Given a procedure text on a scientific experiment, students identify implicit information in the text. Given a sentence with one word underlined, students identify the meaning of the word. Given an explanation text related to science, students find explicit information in the text.

10

Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings explicitely expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and

Explanatio n

Science

11

48

No

Standard Competences
and /or academic contexts.

Basic Competences
explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Text Types

Topics

Total Test Items

Indicators

Test Item Numbers

Explanatio n

Science

Given an explanation text related to science, students identify the main idea of one the paragraphs of the text. Given a sentence from a text with one word underlined, students identify the meaning of the word. Given an explanation text related to science, students identify its communicative purpose of the text. Given a text on an animal, students find explicit information in the text.

12

13

14

Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings explicitely expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and

Reports

Animals

15

Reports

Animals

Given a report text

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No

Standard Competences

Basic Competences
efficiently meanings implicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings explicitely expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Text Types

Topics

Total Test Items

Indicators
related to an animal, students find the main idea of one of a paragraph of the text.

Test Item Numbers

Given a sentence from a text with a pronoun underlined, students identify its reference.

17

Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitely expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Explanatio n

Science

Given an explanation text related to science, students choose the most suitable title for the text. Given a report text on science, students identify the main idea of certain paragraph in the text. Given a sentence from a text with a relative pronoun underlined, students identify its

18

19

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings explicitely expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in

Explanatio n

Science

20

50

No

Standard Competences

Basic Competences
the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitely expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Text Types

Topics

Total Test Items

Indicators
reference

Test Item Numbers

Explanatio n

Science

Given a report text on, students identify the meaning of word in the text.

21

Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitely expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and/or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings explicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitly expressed in short and simple

Procedure s

How to make something

Given a procedural text related to how to make something, students identify the general idea of the text.

22

Given a procedural text related to how to make something, students identify explicit information in the text.

23

Given a sentence from a text with one word underlined, students

24

51

No

Standard Competences

Basic Competences
functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Text Types

Topics

Total Test Items

Indicators
identify the meaning of the word.

Test Item Numbers

Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings explicitely expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Labels

Medicine

Given a medicine label, students identify detailed information in the text.

25

Labels

Medicine

Given a medicine label, students identify implied information in the text. Given a sentence from a text with one word underlined, students identify the meaning of the word.

26

27

10

Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures,

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in

Reports

Space objects

Given a report text on a space object, students find the topic of the text.

28

52

No

Standard Competences
reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Basic Competences
the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings explicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings explicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Text Types

Topics

Total Test Items

Indicators

Test Item Numbers

Reports

Space objects

Given a report text on a space object, students identify explicit information in the text.

29

Reports

Space object

Given a sentence from a text with a personal pronoun underlined, students identify its reference.

30

11

Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitely expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings explicitly expressed in short and simple

Advertise ment

Back to School

Given a back to school advertisement, students identify the communicative purpose of the text.

31

Advertise ment

Back to School

Given a back to school advertisement, students find explicit

32

53

No

Standard Competences

Basic Competences
functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Text Types

Topics

Total Test Items

Indicators
information.

Test Item Numbers

Advertise ment

Back to School

Given a sentence from the text with one word underlined, students identify the meaning of the word.

33

12

Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings explicitely expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Reports

Animals

Given a report text on an animal, students identify the communicative purpose of the text.

34

Reports

Animals

Given a report text on an animal, students identify explicit information in the text. Given a report text on an animal, students identify the meaning of

35

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitly expressed in short and simple

Reports

Animals

36

54

No

Standard Competences

Basic Competences
functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Text Types

Topics

Total Test Items

Indicators
the underlined word in the text.

Test Item Numbers

13

Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings explicitely expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts. Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts

E-mails

Health Problem

Given an e-mail on a health problem, students identify explicit information in the text.

37

E-mails

Health Problem

Given an e-mail on a health problem, students identify implied information in the text. Given a short message on a school activity, students find implied information in the text. 1 Given a short message on a school activity, students identify the meaning of the

38

Short messages

School Activities

39

14

Understanding meanings of short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures,

Understanding accurately and efficiently meanings implicitly expressed in short and simple functional texts and essays in

Short messages

School Activities

40

55

No

Standard Competences
reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Basic Competences
the forms of procedures, reports and explanations in daily life and /or academic contexts. Expressing meanings in short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations accurately, coherently and appropriately to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Text Types

Topics

Total Test Items

Indicators
underlined word in the text.

Test Item Numbers

15

Expressing meanings in short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Reports

A Natural Phenomeno n

Given a report text with four words deleted, students complete the text by choosing the most suitable adverb. Given a report text with four words deleted, students complete the text by choosing the most suitable noun. Given a report text with four words deleted, students complete the text by choosing the most suitable preposition. Given a report text with four words deleted, students complete the text by choosing the most suitable adverb.

41

42

43

16

Expressing meanings in short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Expressing meanings in short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations accurately, coherently and appropriately to communicate in daily life and

Explanatio n

The Solar System

44

56

No

Standard Competences

Basic Competences
/or academic contexts.

Text Types

Topics

Total Test Items

1

Indicators
Given a report text with four words deleted, students complete the text by choosing the most suitable verb. Given a report text with four words deleted, students complete the text by choosing the most suitable adjective. Given a paragraph with jumbled sentences, students rearrange them into a coherent reminder.

Test Item Numbers

45

Explanatio n

The Solar System

46

17

Expressing meanings in short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts. Expressing meanings in short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Expressing meanings in short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations accurately, coherently and appropriately to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts. Expressing meanings in short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations accurately, coherently and appropriately to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Reminder

At School

47

18

Report

Social life

Given a paragraph with jumbled sentences, students rearrange them into a coherent text.

48

57

No
19

Standard Competences
Expressing meanings in short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Basic Competences
Expressing meanings in short and simple written functional texts and essays in the forms of procedures, reports and explanations accurately, coherently and appropriately to communicate in daily life and /or academic contexts.

Text Types
Congratul a-ting

Topics
Public Places/Som eone success

Total Test Items

1

Indicators
Given jumbled words/phrases, students rearrange them into a meaningful sentence

Test Item Numbers

49 50

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