An Analysis of the Implementation of Authentic Assessment Used by the Teachers to Evaluate the Students’ Speaking Skills

Abu Hasan, 2023. "An Analysis of the Implementation of the Authentic Assessment Used by the Teachers to Evaluate the Students’ Speaking Skills." Supervised by Erwin Akib and Nur Qalbi. This study aimed to analyze the implementation of the authentic assessment in assessing students’ speaking skills by the teachers of SMA 19 Negeri Gowa and the problems that the teachers encounter in implementing the authentic assessment. The research used a qualitative method, collecting data through two instruments which were observation checklists and interview guides. The subjects of this research were two English teachers who taught in the tenth and twelfth grades. The findings of this study revealed that teacher who taught in grade tenth implemented all the aspects of the Authentic Assessment to evaluate students’ speaking skills based on K-13 (Kurikulum 2013) which included observation, performance, project, written and oral tests, self-assessment, assignment, and portfolio. however, the teacher who taught in the twelfth grade did not apply the project and portfolio due to the lack of time. He found it difficult to manage his time because of many projects in the class that took some quite time. Therefore, the challenges teacher who taught in the tenth grade has not faced any challenges at all because the K-13 (Kurikulum 2013) had integrated the four skills of English which makes the assessment of the teacher easier while the teacher who taught in the twelfth grade faced a challenge in managing his time which made he needs to cut two aspect of the authentic assessment to fit the time. It can be concluded that both teachers understand the implementation of authentic assessment in class especially to evaluate students’ speaking skill.