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6. School Level Based Curriculum of 2006
Based on the Republic of Indonesia National Regulation UU RI no. 2 year 1989, which is launched on March 27, 1989, curriculum is defined as:
Set of plans and regulations of the purpose, content, material of teaching and learning, and method, which is used as the guidance in gaining certain
aims of education. Curriculum is designed to realize the national aims of education by conside
ring the learners‟ development of knowledge and technology, art, and the level of education in Indonesia. 2007,
http:www.dikti.go.idArchive2007uu_no2_1989.htm The current curriculum that is applied in Indonesia education system is the
SLBC of 2006 in Bahasa Indonesia, it is called Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan
. It was developed in 2006. The concept of the curriculum is developing democratic and non-monopolistic education by giving autonomy to
schools in planning, implementing, evaluating, managing, and administrating the educational programs. It provides general guidance in form of competence
standard and basic competence. Competence standard refers to description of knowledge, attitude and skills that students need to acquire. Basic competence
refers to minimal skills that students should acquire in order to achieve the competence standard.
Based on the curriculum, English is categorized as an aesthetic course. In this course, students not only learn about vocabulary and grammar but also use
and apply their knowledge and skills to communicate using the language. Therefore, the competence standard and basic competence covers receptive skills
listening and reading and productive skills speaking and writing.
7. Grade VII Students of Junior High School
Junior high school students are in stage of formal operational 12 years old. In this stage, they have already had an ability to recognize real situations and
41 predict systematic possibilities to the situations. However, they tend to be
egocentric. Besides, they tend to focus on their own believes and attitudes because they are also in the process of finding self-esteem and peer approval. They also
tend to be disruptive because they are in the process of finding self identity, getting peer approval, and adapting themselves to the situation around them.
Apart from the tendency to be disruptive, actually, students in this age have high motivation in learning. They are also good language learners because
they have recognized and acquired basic language skill and elements. Besides, once they get an interest to certain thing, they will be eager to involve in the
activities related to it. The important thing is how to engage and maintain them so that they can use their great capacity to learn, potential for creativity, and
passionate commitment to certain thing that interests them
B. Theoretical Framework
In this research, the researcher aims to design an integrated English workbook using stories for grade VII students of SMP Negeri 2 Yogyakarta. The
workbook is designed for the second semester. It is a combination of a storybook and a workbook. As a storybook, it is designed for both entertaining and learning
and teaching purposes. As a workbook, it provides four functions, as a source of language, a learning support, motivation and stimulation, and a reference. It can
be used either as an instructional materials or supplementary materials. To gain the aim, the researcher conducts an educational research and
development using the adaptation of a small scale of Borg and Gall ‟s RD cycle.
It consists of five steps, research and information collecting, planning, materials
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