A suggested English reading test for SMEA students based on the communicative competence approach

In teaching learning, activities, there are presentation of materials and testing. Ideally both of the activities are given with the same approach. Nowadays, the communicative competence approach is every school in Indonesia. It means the presentation of materials and the testing should be based on the communicative competence approach. Testing ois one of the important things in the procces of teachinglearning activities. By testing both of the teache and the students are able to know the quality of the students about the knowledge that has been given. In the thesis, the writer tries to suggest testing which is based on the communicative competence approach. Taked a test drom SMEA students as his sample because he that the test for SMEA students has never been analyzing. Realizing that the teories of the communicative competence approach and the language testing, the writer concludes that the test of reading which is based on the approach must be subjective. Based on the communicative competence approach, the writer suggest the written reading test is given in close test ad comprehension questions. However, as the exercises, the rading test can be given in close test, comprehession question, dictation or dialogue. In giving the test, the teacher has to think of the important tenets of the communicative competence approach: the appropiatance to the context than the grammatical eccugare, the students needs and the language functions as the based in making and marking the test