Formulation of the Problem Objectives of the Research

not really take students’ grammar into account. Nowadays, when genre-based approach is introduced through two different curricula namely KTSP School- based curriculum and 20฀3 curriculum, a lot of pros and cons emerge. Some ELT experts and practicioners affirm that genre-based approach will enable learners to face the global challenges. However, some others argue that the approach is only relevant to be implemented by teachers and learners whose mother tongue is English. Responding to the controversies, various attempts and efforts are constantly made by the government through trainings and conferences to enrich the teachers’ comprehension and skills towards the approach. To understand further about the current English Language Teaching situation in Indonesia, teachers must have sufficient comprehension about KTSP School-based curriculum, 20฀3 Curriculum, and Genre-based Approach, ฀. School-based Curriculum KTSP Finney in Richards and Renandya 2002: 70 defines curriculum as a specification of the content and the ordering of what is to be taught. It refers to all aspects of the planning, implementation and evaluation of an educational program, particularly the ฀hy, ho฀ and ho฀ ฀ell together with the ฀hat of the teaching-learning process. A.V. Kelly ฀989 in Richards and Renandya 2002: 70 states that curriculum is the overall rationale for the educational programme of an institution which includes the intentions of the planners, the procedures adopted for the implementation of those intentions, the actual experiences of the pupils resulting from the teachers’ direct attempt to carry out their or the planner’s imtentions, and the learning that occurs as a product within the organization in which the curricuum is applied. Richards and Rogers 2000 adds that a curriculum must consist of approach, design, and procedures. Approach provides the basic theory of language and language learning; design gives us the objective, syllabus, learning activities, role of teacher, learner, and materials; while procedures reflects classroom techniques, practices, and behaviour when the method is used. Since 2006 to 20฀3, Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan KTSP or School-based curriculum has been issued by Indonesia National Education Department. Based on Permen No 22 2006, BSNP develops the content stadard which covers the scope of each subject matter and competency levels to achieve the standard of graduate competence in certain educational levels. The content stadard includes the basic framework, the curriculum structure, competency standard SK and basic competency KD of each subject matter in each semester of each educatioal level. Based on the guidelines of KTSP issued by BSNP on 2006, KTSP is developed based on the following principles: ฀ focusing on the learners’ and learners’ circumstances’ potentials, development, needs, and interest in which learners have central position to develop their competence in order to be faithful, intelligent, intellectual, creative, independent, and responsible