Teaching English in Vocational Schools VS

10 Figure 1. Schema of Scientific Approach Based on the figure above, Curriculum 2013 which emphasizes on Scientific Approach can be implemented in all field studies. The impact of Curriculum 2013 is that the teachers are required to teach based on the Scientific Approach SA. The steps of implementing SA in teaching learning process are: observing texts, questioning asking questions, experimenting collecting data, associating analyzing data and drawing conclusions, communicating and finding knowledge, and creating texts. 1 Observing text In the first step, students are required to receive or get exposed to English language input. This need to be done so that students have some perceptions in their mind what kind of text that they are going to learn. In this stage, students are 11 supposed to match their previous knowledge with the new knowledge text. The materials used in this step may vary depending on the subjects students’ cognitive skills. It may be in the form of authentic materials texts or pedagogical materials texts. The items which are listed include the social function of the text, text structure, grammar, and vocabulary. 2 questioning asking questions To fully comprehend a text, students are required to match their previous knowledge with the new knowledge new form of texts. If there is a gap between the existing knowledge and the new information, students need to ask or formulate questions based on the gap. It is also suggested that students have developed their own hypothesis on what questions that they intend to know. 3 experimenting collecting datainformation To get the answer of their own questions, students are encouraged to find some reference dealing with the text. Collecting information may be in the form of observing similar use of text in other context, browsing through internet, and if possible doing an interview. The teacher here performs hisher role as the facilitator. The teacher needs to guide students so that they will not lose in the deep of the jungle. 4 associating analyzing data and drawing conclusions After collecting the sufficient resources, students need to sort out, classify, identify, and analyze collected datainformation to answer their formulated questions. In this stage, students are not only required to answer their questions but also need to draw conclusions from the same of texts, so that students will