The Syllabus Topics, Competency Standard and Basic Competencies

40 learning. The teachers said that the students, while watching English movies, forgot what the purpose of it. They only focused on watching English movies and they still could not learn from the movies. The teachers also had difficulties in using English movies. They could not manage the time well because the movies took a lot of time. Yet, the teachers agreed that English movies could stimulate the students in learning process.

g. The syllabus used by the teacher related to the students’ achievement

The teachers realized that the syllabus used by now had not fulfilled the students’ needs yet. The teachers said that they still adapted the syllabus, they did not produce their own syllabus and it influenced to the student’s achievement because the syllabus did not meet the students’ needs.

h. Teaching-learning activities preferred by the students

One of the teachers tended to use games in teaching English writing in order to increase the students’ curiosity. Both of the teachers also believed that the students did not like learning activities which were monotonous.

2. Planning

After the data was gathered, planning was developed. Planning consisted of 3 main steps. First, the syllabus was created. Second, topics, competency standard and basic competencies were explained. Third, the indicators of learning were presented.

a. The Syllabus

Based on the data gathering, the writer decided to create a new syllabus that would be able to fulfill the students’ needs. In developing the syllabus, the PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 41 writer dealt with the curriculum used by Sang Timur senior high school named Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan 2006 KTSP.

b. Topics, Competency Standard and Basic Competencies

The skill that was developed from this research was writing. The materials were developed based on the topics. The topics were explored from the competency standard and basic competencies from KTSP. The materials consisted of four units. Table 4.1 Topics, Competency Standard, and Basic Competencies Unit Topic Competency Standard Basic Competencies 1 Telling a Story To express the meaning of short functional written text and simple essay in form of recount, narrative, and procedure in the context of daily life. To express the meaning and rhetorical steps accurately, fluently, acceptable by using various written languages in the context of daily life in form of recount, narrative, and procedure. 2 Tell Us about Your Interesting Experience To express the meaning of short functional written text and simple essay in form of recount, narrative, and procedure in the context of daily life. To express the meaning and rhetorical steps accurately, fluently, acceptable by using various written languages in the context of daily life in form of recount, narrative, and procedure. 3 Describe It To express the meaning of short functional written text and simple essay in form of narrative, descriptive, and news item in the context of daily life. To express the meaning and rhetorical steps accurately, fluently, acceptable by using various written languages in the context of daily life in form of narrative, descriptive, and news item. 4 World News To express the meaning of short functional written text and simple essay in form of narrative, descriptive, and news item in the context of daily life. To express the meaning and rhetorical steps accurately, fluently, acceptable by using various written languages in the context of daily life in form of narrative, descriptive, and news item. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 42 Table 4.2 The Units, Topics, and Indicators Unit Topic Indicators 1 Telling a Story • Students are able to identify the structure of the Simple Past Tense • Students are able to use the Simple Past Tense correctly • Students are able to mention the example of narrative text • Students are able to obtain moral value from the narrative text • Students are able to identify the generic structure of narrative text • Students are able to identify the language features commonly used in narrative text • Students are able to produce narrative text 2 Tell Us about Your Interesting Experience • Students are able to identify the structure of the Past Continuous Tense • Students are able to use the Past Continuous Tense correctly • Students are able to mention the example of recount text • Students are able to obtain information from the recount text • Students are able to identify the generic structure of recount text • Students are able to identify the language features commonly used in recount text • Students are able to produce recount text 3 Describe It • Students are able to use Adjective Order correctly • Students are able to identify the generic structure of descriptive text • Students are able to identify the language features commonly used in descriptive text • Students are able to produce descriptive text 4 World News • Students are able to use the Modal present past correctly • Students are able to identify the generic structure of news item text • Students are able to identify the language features commonly used in news item text • Students are able to produce news item text PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 43

3. Developing Preliminary Form of Product