2.2 Content of Standard for SMA MA
English language is a means for communicating in spoken or written. For that reason, the 2004 curriculum for SMA MA prepares the students in order to achieve
competencies that can make them to be able to reflect their experience and others experience to show their ideas and feelings, and to understand report meaning.
In the Content of Standard for SMA MA, SMA graduates should be able to achieve Informational level for communication and the students should be able to
communicate in report genre, including text type that are state for this literacy focuses in developing English teaching-learning process, as the Content of Standard states.
In educational context, English has function as device for communicating in order to access information and communication in daily context and also as a device
to make interpersonal relationship. According to Content of Standard for SMA MA, English subject has several objectives as the following:
1 To develop the competence of communication using the language, both spoken
and written. The ability of communication includes listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
2 To have consciousness about the importance of English to increase our
competence in global society. 3
To develop understanding of relationship between language and culture. So, the students have knowledge about culture and are involved themselves in report
cultures.
2.3 Definition and Function of Textbook
In teaching learning process, we always use some media to make this process easier. One of media which is used often is textbook, because it is easy to buy, to
carry and to study. To support this idea Brown et al 1983: 385 stated those books are portable; they remain fairly economical to buy and maintain.
According to Langenbeach 1997: 563 said that in the strict case of term, a textbook is a book that present a body of knowledge in an organized and usually
simplified manner for purpose of learning. Moreover, Hornby 1974: 893 stated that textbook is a book that is giving instruction in a branch of learning.
Based on the definition above, the writer concluded that text book is printed material which is easy to bring, to buy and to study.
A textbook has many functions for teachers in order to run the teaching- learning program well. Some of functions of textbook are explained by Greene and
Petty as quoted by Sundjojo 1991:6 as follows: 1
To express a tough and modern view of lessons and also demonstrate its application in the teaching materials.
2 To present a report, readable subject matter which is suitable with the students’
needs and interests, as source of the learning programs to make a real condition just like in the students’ real life.
3 To provide an arranged, gradual source in the expressional skill of
communication. 4
To present together with the supplementary books.
5 To provide an evaluation and remedial teaching program suitable and useful for
both teachers and students. 6
To presents exercises and practical tasks. From the above explanation, we can see that the role of textbook is important
for teaching learning process. Textbook is used as a media which is easy to buy, to carry and to study.
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