CLOZE TEST AND MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST FOR READING COMPREHEHSION

The objectives of this study are to analyze about the different and similar of multiple choice and cloze test in reading comprehension


INTRODUCTION
Comprehension is an important aspect of reading.Reading for comprehension is the essence of reading process.Student' success in reading were evaluated by their abillity to understand the content being read.Students could infer information from the text and make integration with the writer.According to Wilson (2019) "comprehension involves the comprehension to bring meaning and understanding to words not recognized by sight".The necessity to understand the reading is crucial.Therefore, readers not only by sight, but also know the meaning of each word of the passage.That was why student needed comprehension in reading.Sweet (2016) stated that "without comprehension, words are only a series of lifeless symbols.They do not communicate, they do not produce learning and they add nothing useful to the student's life, when learners understand and interact with written or printed language.However, the language can summarize the knowledge of word; fulfill many of his or her effective needs".
There is one way to evaluate students' reading comprehension, namely test, test was one of the choice that could be used.Palupingingsi (2012) conducted a study and reviewed that, "in language learning, testing is important to find out where student have difficulties in a language course, to explore progress or to reflect how well the students in learning a particular subject (student' achievement), and to give general idea about students' profeciency in the target language.It means that a test can be a tool to measure how successful a language teaching had been held".
The reason why the writer chose two test, based on the writer experienced in teaching as SMAN 15 Muara Enim, it found out at that most students were still had difficulties in analyzing the text especially answer the question in cloze test and multiple choice test.And still many students failed in reading process; they frequently read a complete page or more but understood very little.This study tried to investigate the result of two different testing techniques applied in a particular language skill, that was reading comprehension.
This research is about the different and similar design of multiple choice and cloze test in reading comprehension, also about the perception toward the multiple choice and cloze test among students that influence the students' reading comprehension.
This study is limited on the multiple choice and cloze test and how to students percieve them on their reading comprehension that also influences their reading comprehension.The problem in this research are (1) Did the result of students reading comprehension in SMAN 15 Muara Enim differ when tested using Multiple Choice and Cloze test?(2)What did the students perception about the use of Multiple Choice and Cloze Test in their reading comprehension test?
The research objectives that the writer want to achieve were as we know the result of students reading comprehension in SMAN 15 Muara Enim differ when tested using Multiple Choice and Cloze test and the students perception about the use of Multiple Choice and Cloze Test in their reading comprehension test.
The significance of this study is to give benefits to knowledge and scientific developments.The result can be used as the suggestion for teachers, that if one of the tests gets the best result towards students reading comprehension achievement, that means the teachers

METHOD
The writer used qualitative descriptive method for this research.According to Nugraha, ( 2014), the problem in research qualitative area in a narrow space, with a level low variation, but has a great depth of language unlimited.Meanwhile, Qualitative data are usually general in nature, have a wide area complex area and degree of variation, but located in surface.This study was a descriptive qualitative.
Here, the writer analyzed the students reading comprehension through cloze test and multiple choice test technique.Meanwhile, it is said qualitative research because it involves natural setting fundamentally interpretive.Descriptive research is research on status, attitudes, group opinions individuals, sets of conditions and procedures of a system of thought or events in order to make a descriptive using field research on a number or a systematic and analytical picture that can be used to solve current actual problems (Sugiyono 2013) the aim of this research was to analyzing the students' readingccomprehension after trying the treatment of the cloze test and multiple choice test technique that has been directed.The results of teacher interviews.

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
The  Meirina, S.Pd said that the students who were the object of the multiple choice and cloze test research understood the tests given, it was just that there were some students who were shy to present themselves but there were also some who dared to present themselves to answer the questions given by the teacher.argued that they thought that the cloze test and multiple choice test were difficult to understand because they did not find any difference between the two tests because they did not focus on the story given by the researcher.Said Charlota Ifdylah and Teti Heldina.4.
In the opinion of students, can the cloze and multiple choice tests be understood well?

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In the opinion of students, can the Cloze test and multiple choice test be used as materials to improve students' reading?
The result of the interviews of the students were that they understand the cloze test dan multiple choice test for several reasons.According to them, the cloze test was difficult that multiple choice test because multiple choice test was more provides many alternative answers, making it easier for them to find the correct answer, while the cloze test requires them to fill in the missing words in a sentence.Regardless of the statement this test makes it easiesr for them to develop in learning English.
key informant in this research is the English class teacher of class X IPA named Meirina, S.Pd. he is an alumni of PGRI Palembang university graduated in 2005, he has served at SMAN 15 of Muara Enim for 16 years.In general, Ibu Meirina, S.Pd teaches every day (Monday-Friday) and not only in science classes but she also teaches social studies classes from class X to class XII.Teaching and learning activities at SMAN 15 of Muara Enim start at 07.00 to 15.00 WIB and one hour lesson is 45 minutes long, but during the pandemic conditions, teaching and learning activities are online.One lesson is 30 minutes.The curriculum used at SMAN 15 of Muara Enim is the 2013 curriculum used from class X to class XII.Mrs.
Learning and teaching activities at the school start from 07.00 WIB to 15.00 WIB because the online teaching and learning process has ended and has been replaced with the offline teaching and learning process or back to normal.At SMAN 15 of Muara Enim there are several classes including X IPA, X IPS 1, X IPS 2, XI IPA, XI IPS 1, XI IPS 2, XII IPA, XII IPS 1, and XII IPS 2. (Source: Administration UPT SMA Negeri 15 Muara Enim, Journal Homepage: http://journal.ikippgriptk.ac.id/index.php/bahasaDOI:10.31571/bahasa.v11i2.4091Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa, Vol.11, No. 2, December 2022 This research was carried out at SMAN 15 of Muara Enim which is located on Jl.Kabupaten No.1 Tanjung Raya Village, Kec Rambang Pos 31174.The location of this school is in an alley about 100 meters from the highway and close to a rubber plantation area, thus making the school becomes comfortable away from noise which makes it very possible for students to receive lessons in peace.e-ISSN: 2089-2810 p-ISSN: 2407-151X 481 Based on the results of observations and interviews, it can be seen that the understanding of students in class X IPA SMAN 15 of Muara Enim in distinguishing the cloze test and multiple choice tests.The following are the results of observations and interviews regarding the Cloze test and multiple choice test for reading comprehension of The Tenth Grade Students State of SMAN 15 of Muara Enim to the school, such as; English subject teacher, class X as (Key Informants) and 5 students of class X Science as (informants) as follows:

Table 2 .
Teacher questions listThe result of interviews with teacher found that the curriculum used at SMAN 15 Muara Enim was still the revised curriculum 2013, but is was still relatively easy to use.With the combination of the cloze test and multiple choice test juxtaposed with the narrative text material, Meiriana, S.Pd state that material is very suitable for cloze test and multiple choice test is moreover able to improve students' reading comprehension.While the cloze test and multiple choice test are very effective as a references for learning English because is motivates students to study harder, although there are still students who are ashamed to show their quality.

The results of student interviews.
SMAN 15 of Muara Enim is a research location located on Jalan Jl. District No.1 Tanjung Raya Village, Kec Rambang Poss 31174.The object of the research at this time was the 5th grade students of science as a sample resource (informants).3 of the 5 Students, named Ariel Pidriansyah, Novi Lestari, and Bella Safitri, think that according to them, the cloze test and multiple choice are very easy to understand because between the two tests there are clear differences, such as the cloze test which only fills in the blanks in sentences by choosing words.which has been prepared at the end of the story, while the multiple choice test has many alternative answers that can be chosen at the end of the question.Said Ariel Pidriansyah, Novi Lestari, and Bella Safitri.Meanwhile, 2 Students, namely Charlota Ifdylah and Teti Heldina, e-ISSN: 2089-2810 p-ISSN: 2407-151X 483

Table 3 .
Students questions list