teacher has to know the aims of the process and what he or she should do in the process. Further, the teacher should be able to identify the object of the process,
the students.
a. Aims of Teaching English in SMA
Teaching English in SMA is based on the curriculum. There has been School-Based Curriculum 2006 which is the last curriculum used in Indonesia.
This curriculum provides guidelines for the teacher to teach English reading especially in SMA. From School-Based Curriculum 2006 quoted by Safitri 2012:
16, the aim of the teaching English in Senior High School as follows. “…the teaching English in Senior High School is aimed at developing the
students‟ competences to communicate in the spoken and written form to reach the level of functional literacy, developing their awareness of the
truth and importance of English subject to improve the competitiveness of
nation in the global community, and developing the students‟ comprehension about connection between language and culture.”
Still based on the School-Based Curriculum 2006 in Priharudi 2013: 9- 10, there are three goals of teaching English in Senior High School. The three
goals are to make the learners have ability of: 1
to improve communicative competence in written and oral form to reach informational literacy level,
2 to have awareness that English is important to improve nation competitive
ability in global community, and 3
todevelop understanding feedback of the learners between language and culture.
It is stated in that curriculum that “Standard of competence of reading for Senior High School students grade XI in the odd semester that the students should
be able to understand the meaning of written short functional texts and essays in the forms report, narrative, and analytic texts related to surroundings to get
knowledge. The basic competency states that the students should be able to respond the meaning of short functional texts such as banner, poster, pamphlet
both formal and informal accurately, fluently, and acceptably in essays related to surroundings and to respond the meaning and rhetoric steps accurately, fluently,
and acceptably in essays related to surroundings to get knowledge in the forms of report, narrative and analytic exposition texts.” School-Based Curriculum 2006
in Safitri, 2012
b. Characteristics of the Learner
