Integrated Reading and Writing Skills

33 following the national standards and the condition of that school. In KTSP 2006, there are eight national standards, one of which is content standard or Standar isi. Accordingly, the content standard contains competence standard Standar Kompetensi and basic competence Kompetensi dasar Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan, 2006. Competence standard is the national minimum competence for all students in which it elaborates in basic competences. Then basic competences are base standards to be achieved and applied nationally. Competence standard and basic competences are bases for the schools to design their curriculums. In addition, the teaching devices of KTSP 2006 are syllabus and lesson plan. English as a compulsory subject in KTSP 2006 is taught in all schools, especially in SMA, in Indonesia. The purposes to learn English are to learn how to get knowledge using English, to realize the importance of using English in daily life and to understand the correlation between language and cultures Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan, 2006. English for senior high school students is taught to get informational competence which is to get knowledge using English, since the students are prepared to continue their studies in a college. Accordingly, this subject has competence standards and basic competences. The scope of learning English derived from how to produce the disources using reading and writing skill to attain informational competence, the ablity to understand and produce short functional text and simple essay such as annoucement, letter, descriptive, recount, narrative, and news item and to comprehend linguistic components Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan, 2006. The competence standard and basic competences of English for X grade in the 34 second semester are stated in the table 2.1. In addition, for time estimation, one semester covers 48 effective weeks for teaching and learning. And then, English subject gets 4 weeks to comperehend all the competences that have been establishes in basic competences. Table 2.1: Content Standards for the Grade X of Second Semester Competence Standards Basic Competences Reading 11. Understand the meaning of short function texts and simple essay in the form narrative, descriptive and news item in daily life context and access the knowledge 11.1. To respond the meaning in formal and informal short functional written text in dially life and knowledge usage for example announcement, advertisement, invitation accurately, fluently and understandably in the written form in daily life 11.2. To respond the meaning and the rethorical steps of simple essay in dially life and knowledge usage accurately, fluently and understandably in the form of narrative, descriptive and news item. Writing 12. Reveal the meaning of short function text and simple essay in the form narrative, descriptive and news item in daily life context 12.1. To express meaning in formal and informal short functional written text in daily life and knowledge usage for example announcement, advertisement, invitation, and letter accurately, fluently and understandbly. 12.2. To express the meaning and the rethorical steps of simple essay in daily life and knowledge usage accurately, fluently and understandably in the form of narrative, descriptive and news item