The Roles of Teachers in Writing
26 2 developing students’ awareness of the importance of English in improving
Indonesia’s competitiveness at the world’s level, 3 developing students’ understanding on the relationship between cultures and
language. Related to school based curriculum, National Education Department has
proposed the aim of teaching writing in junior high school and also the standard competence and basic competence that can be used by teachers in teaching
writing. Based on Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan Nasional Republik Indonesia Permendiknas Nomor 23 Tahun 2006, the aim of teaching and learning writing
in junior high school is to make students able to express meanings in interpersonal and transactional language, either informally or formally, in the form of recount,
narrative, procedure, descriptive, and report in the daily life context. Furthermore, the standard of competence and the basic competence of Grade VIII
students of junior high school in the second semester are presented as follows.
Table 2.1: Standard of Competence and Basic Competence of Junior High School Students Grade VIII Semester 2
Standard of competence Basic competence
12. Expressing
meanings of
written functional texts and short simple essays in the form
of recount and narrative texts to interact with the closest
environment. 12.1 Expressing meanings of short
functional text using written language accurately, fluently, and acceptably in
daily life contexts.
12.2 Expressing meanings and rhetorical steps within short essays using
written language accurately, fluently, and acceptably in daily life contexts
in the form of recount and narrative texts
27 The curriculum in SMPN 2 Wonosari was developed based on School-
Based Curriculum SBC. Based on the standard of competence and the basic competence above, Grade VIII students in the second semester are expected to be
able to express meaning in the form of recount, narrative texts and some short functional texts such as announcement, advertisement and invitation. In this
research, the researcher focused on one type of texts only which was narrative texts.
Table 2.1: Microskills and Basic Competence in the Research Microskills
Basic Competence
1 Produce
graphemes and
orthographic patterns of English. 2
Produce writing at an efficient rate of speed to suit the purpose.
3 Produce an acceptable core of
words and use appropriate word order patterns.
4 Use
acceptable grammatical
systems e.g. tense, agreement, pluralization, patterns, and rules.
5 Express a particular meaning in
different grammatical forms. 6
Use cohesive devices in written discourse.
12.2 Expressing
meanings and
rhetorical steps within short essays using written language accurately,
fluently, and acceptably in daily life contexts in the form of recount and
narrative texts