PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS’ LIVED EXPERIENCE ON ENGLISH COMPUTER-BASED NATIONAL EXAMINATION A SARJANA PENDIDIKAN THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Education By Merry Trisna Murti Student Number: 111214051 ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2016 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS’ LIVED EXPERIENCE ON ENGLISH COMPUTER-BASED NATIONAL EXAMINATION A SARJANA PENDIDIKAN THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Education By Merry Trisna Murti Student Number: 111214051 ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2016 i PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT Murti, Merry Trisna (2016). Vocational High School English Teachers’ Lived Experience on English Computer Based National Examination. Yogyakarta: Sanata Dharma University. Assessment is needed in every learning process. In Indonesia to have same standard of graduated students, National examination is conducted. The old method of national examination was paper-pencil test. Although it was old method, it was used until now by some schools. The schools that conducted paper-pencil test was the schools that have not conducted the new method of national examination yet. In 2015 the government started new method in national examination. The new method was computer based test. However, there not all of the schools used this method. Based on Education Department of Yogyakarta, in Yogyakarta there were only 16 schools which conducted this method. All of them were vocational high schools. computer based test started since April 2015. Since this computer based test was new method in national examination, there was various lived experiences from the vocational high school English teachers. The research problem in this research is “What does the implementation of English Computer Based National Examination mean to Vocational High Schools English teachers in Yogyakarta?” This research used phenomenology approach. The participants of this research were three English teachers from different schools in Yogyakarta. The interviews were done after the implementation of computer based test. As a result, the wed participants’ story and interpretation regarding the implementation of English computer based national examination. There were four general themes which appeared from the data elaborated. They were facilities, standardization, effective testing method and opportunity. Teachers and students were trained to be familiar with computer based test national examination. There were many advantages of computer based test for teachers, students and government. The facility is the main requirement for conducting computer based test. Then, the national examination result becomes standard of every educational level in Indonesia and one of require to continue higher education. Computer based test also become effective testing method to replace paper pencil test. Keywords: lived experience, computer based test, assessment, national examination vi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRAK Murti, Merry Trisna (2016). Vocational High School English Teachers’ Lived Experience on English Computer Based National Examination. Yogyakarta: Sanata Dharma University. Penilaian sangat di butuhkan di setiap proses belajar. Di Indonesia untuk mendapatkan standar lulusan yang sama, dilaksanakanlah ujian nasional. Metode ujian nasional dari waktu kewaktu adalah paper-pencil test. Pada tahun 2015 pemerintah mulai menggunakan metode baru dalam ujian nasial yaitu Ujian Nasional Berbasis Komputer. Namun, tidak semua sekolah dapat menggunakan metode baru ini. Berdasarkan Dinas Pendidikan Kota Yogyakarta, hanya ada 16 sekolah di kota Yogyakarta yang sudah menerapkan metode ini. Semua sekolah yang sudah menggunakan metode ini adalah Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK). Test berbasis komputer ini mulai dilaksanakan pada April 2015. Oleh karena tes berbasis komputer ini adalah metode baru dalam ujian nasional, maka ada berbagi pengalaman mengenai metode ini dari guru mata pelajaran bahasa Inggris di SMK. Rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah (1). Apakah makna dari implementasi Ujian Bahasa Inggris berbasis komputer bagi guru Bahasa Inggris SMK di Yogyakarta? Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan phenomenologi. Partisipan dalam penelitian ini adalah tiga guru mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris yang mengajar di SMK. Wawancara dilakukan setelah sekolah melaksanakan Ujian Nasional Berbasis Komputer ini. Sebagai hasilnya, peneliti memaparkan cerita dari partisipan dan tafsirannya berhubungan dengan penerapan teknik Ujian Nasional Bahasa Inggris Berbasis Komputer. Ada empat tema umum yang didapat dari elaborasi data yaitu fasilitas, standarisasi, metode tes yang efektif dan kesempatan. Guru dan siswa dilatih untuk mengenal metode tes yang baru. Ada banyak manfaat dari test berbasis computer bagi guru, siswa dan pemerintah. Fasilitas adalah syarat utama yang harus ada dalam melaksanakan ujian nasional berbasis komputer. Kemudian ujian nasional juga digunakan sebagai standar atau tolok ukur di setiap tingkat pendidikan di Indonesia dan menjadi salah satu syarat utuk melanjutkan ke jenjang pendidikan lebih tinggi. Ujian berbasis komputer juga merupakan metode tes yang efektif untuk menggantikan paper pencil test. Kata kunci: lived experience, computer based test, assessment, national examination vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to express my greatest and highest praise to my Almighty God, Jesus Christ, for giving me strength, guidance, and patience during the process of finishing this thesis. Without His blessing, I would not have been able to finish this thesis and to attain this degree. I also would like to thank Mother Mary for listening to all of my prayers. I would like to express my deep gratitude to my beloved advisor, Fidelis Chosa Kastuhandani, M.Hum., for his help, guidance, support, and advice from the beginning until the end of the process in finishing my thesis. His support and suggestion have surely helped me. My deep gratitude also goes to the research participants from SMK Negeri 2 Yogyakarta, SMK Negeri 1 Yogyakarta and SMK Negeri 5 Yogyakarta, whom I cannot mention the names, for their willingness to take part of this research. I would also give my sincere gratitude to my parents, Bapak Heribertus Sarmono and Ibu Tri Widayati, for their endless love, care, prayers, and support during my study, so that I can finish this thesis. I could not imagine how I could finish this thesis without their support. I would like to thank my brother, Ruddy Cahyanto for his love, prayers, and support. My study in Sanata Dharma University would not be colorful without the love and support from my friends. First, I would like to thank ELESP students of batch 2011, especially PBI Class A family, and our beloved Bunda Christina Lhaksmita Anandari, Ed.M. For my examiners, Miss Carla Sih Prabandari, S.Pd., M.Hum., and Dr. Antonius Herujianto, M.A. thank you so much for guiding me patiently during my thesis defense. I would also like to give my gratitude to Br. Titus, Anind, Sella, Sr. Leo, Cantia, Olive, Vania, Teresia Dian, Santa Monica, and Irene for motivating me and sharing joy, tears, and spirit from the beginning until the end viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI of my study. My gratitude also goes to my friends in UKM NATAS (Dedi, Nino, Nana, Vania Rosa, Eva and other members that I cannot mention) for being my family in almost 3 years. I would like to thank my family in Yogyakarta, my grandmothers, my aunty, my uncles, for the support, love and caring. My special gratitude goes to Thomas Baskoro Riandaru and Mas Guntur Firmansyah for the love, care, patient and support during the highest and lowest part in my life. I could not imagine how I finish my thesis without their support. Finally, I would also like to thank the readers of this thesis and everyone, whom I cannot mention one by one, for the love, support, prayers, and help during the process of finishing this thesis. May Jesus Christ always be with them. Merry Trisna Murti ix