Name

: SAFWAN

S. Number

: 231020644

Test specification of Reading

No

Components

Test Specification
- To measure reading ability
- To measure how to make inquiries or detail

Objective/purposes

Test Taker

information in the text.

- To diagnose strengths and weaknesses in test takers
reading comprehension.
The test takers are students in semester IV who take
reading comprehension-III
The test consist of two sections:
- Section 1 consists of 10 independent items each of

which is based on short text no longer than 100

3

Test Structure

words.
- Section 2 consists of two tasks based on text

between 200 to 300 words long. The total length of

text in section 2 should not exceed 500 words. The
total number of items is 10.
- Section 1 : Expeditious Reading consists of
identifying text type, identifying text topic,
identifying text purpose and finding specific details
(e.g. names, figures, dates, any other surface-level
information)
- Section

Test construct

Careful

Reading

consists

of

understanding explicitly stated main idea(s),

locating, identifying, understanding and comparing
facts, opinions, definitions, understanding cohesive
relationships

(reference,

conjunction,

lexical

propositional

inferences

ellipsis,
cohesion),
and

substitution,
making

predicting

meaning of (unknown) words from the context

the

Item Formats

The format for all items is four-option multiple choice

with only one option correct.
Total testing time available: 40 minutes
- Time for administration at the beginning (handing

Time

out test booklets): 5 minutes

- Time for administration at the end (collecting test
booklets): 5 minutes
- Working time: 30 minutes

Total score : 100

- Section 1 : 50, each correct answer get 5 and 0 for
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Scoring Test

incorrect answer.
- Section 2 : 50, each correct answer get 5 and 0 for
incorrect answer.