3. STRUCTURALIST APPROACH
EXAMPLES
A. The stem of the original item below fails to present the problem adequately or to set a frame of
reference for responding.
1.1 Original
1. World War II was:
A. The result of the failure of the League of Nations.
B. Horrible
C. Fought in Europe, Asia, and Africa
D. Fought during the period of 1939-1945.
Revised 1.1 In which of these time period was World War II fought?
a. 1929-1934
b. 1939-1945
c. 1951-1955
d. 1961-1969
4. B. There should be no grammatical clues to correct answer.
2.1. Original
1. Albeirt Eisenstein
a. Anthropologist.
b. Astronomer.
c. Chemist
d. Mathematician
Revised:
2.2 Who was Albert Einstein?
a. An anthropologist
b. An Astronomer
c. A chemist
d. A mathematician
5. OWN EXAMPLE:
CEASE FIRE OF MY MAN
KERWIN D. PALPAL
The man of my dream is so called “Drama”,
I hope I can have a lot of stamina,
I can’t predict -- reality or fiction?
Feeling the different kinds of emotions.
I am very happy if I am with you,
But are you feeling it too?
I can’t forget every moment,
And hope for your commitment.
Swaying our hands side by side
Walking in the alley full of eyes
I know your holding something inside
But thank you for setting it aside.
The leaf of the days went very fast
That you can no longer hold the chaos vast
I did not expect the next thing you did
You made a distance – indeed!
6. INTEGRATIVE APPROACH
EXAMPLES
1. Today, I went to the ________ and bought some bread and
peanut butter. I knew it was going to rain, but I forgot to take my
________, and got wet on the way.
2. They sat on a bench attached 1_______ a picnic table. Below
them they 2 _________ see the two gurgling between overgrown
3________. The sky was diamond blue with, 4_________white
clouds dancing in the freshening 5_________. They could hear the
call of 6________ in the buzzing of the countless insects.
7_______ were completely alone.
7. OWN EXAMPLE:
I was captivated by her 1________. She is beautiful with a 2
_______. 1 could not sleep at night, 3______for the girl to be mine.
I promise to give her my 4___________for she is my love that will 5
_________ my loneliness life.
8. ANALYSIS FOR INTEGRATIVE
APPROACH
Integrative approach is designed to test the listening and reading
comprehension skills of the students. All possible answers must be fit in the sentence
to complete the flow of story. There are 2 or more possible answer in the line.
9. COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH
SAMPLE
1. ‘That woman over there looks confused’
‘why don’t you ask her _____________?’
a. Does she need help?
b. If she needs help
c. Whether she needs helps
d. Do you need help.
2. “Your haircut looks cool, Jane, I like it”
“_______________”
a. Come on. Don’t be joking
b. It is my style; you know?
c. Well, I have it hair-done
d. I don’t think so. But thanks.
10. COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH
SAMPLE
Write an application to the position as
advertised of about 100-150 words. You
want the position very much. So, be
convincing and make yourself sound fitting
to the position.
11. COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH
ANALYSIS
Communicative Approach was designed to test the
ability of learners on communication. This is also a help to
teachers to test their student’s ability to use the language
in a realistic content-specific situations and tasks. The
sample I made was an essay type but I put it in the
communicative approach because it is more focused on
the answer of the student.