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notions and specific topics, communicative functions, discourse and rhetorical skills, variety of language, role-sets, and communicative events, as well as
grammar and lexis.
5 Production of Pedagogical Syllabus
“The pedagogical syllabus provides a repertoire of words and phrases, chosen as exponents of functions and suitable to the topics identified as important
to the learner,” Yalden 1987:144. Thus, the teacher is expected to bring this repertoire for learners by choosing and carrying out communicative activities of a
wide variety. Generally, this stage covers a plan implemented in classroom level. The plan consists of teaching, learning and testing. The realization of this syllabus
is in the form of teaching materials.
6 Development of Classroom Procedures
This stage requires a designer to use teaching techniques in classroom. Yalden 1987:89 mentioned development of classroom procedures includes three
parts; they are selection of exercise types and teaching techniques, preparation of lesson plans and preparation of weekly schedules.
7 Evaluation
The purpose of the stage is to evaluate the overall design of the teaching, the program and the learners. The evaluation is needed to measure whether the
learners, teaching and programs have been achieving the objectives of learning activities.
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2. English Standard and Basic Competence 2006 for Elementary School Level
There have been many changes of curriculum for Elementary school. The latest curriculum to be used is the 2006 Curriculum. There are three sections
regarding the English Curriculum for Elementary School Level, they are background, goals, and scope of learning English.
a. Background
Language has a central role in the development of intellectual, social and emotional of the learners and it is the supporting factor of the success in learning
all subjects. Language learning is hoped to help learners to recognize themselves, their culture, and other’s culture. Besides, language learning also helps the
learners to be able to state opinion and feeling, participate in the society, and even find and apply the analytical and imaginative ability in them.
English is a device to communicate spoken and written. Communicating is to understand and express information, idea, feeling, and developing science,
technology and culture. Communication ability in a complete meaning is the ability to express ability of understanding andor producing spoken andor written
text that is accomplished in four language skills, i.e. listening, speaking, reading and writing. The four skills are used to respond, and create context in the social
life. Therefore, English subject is aimed to develop those skills in order to make the students to be able to communicate and to express their feeling in English at
the particular literacy level. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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The literacy level covers performative, functional, informational and epistemic. At the performative level, people can read, write, listen and speak with
the symbols used. At the functional level, people can use language to fulfill their daily needs such as reading news paper, manual or instruction. At the
informational level, people can access knowledge with language skills, while at the epistemic level, people can express knowledge in the target language Wells,
1987. Regarding the importance of English language learning above, it is
necessary to apply standard competence of English for Elementary School which holds English as a local content subject. The Elementary School learners are
prepared to continue their study to Junior High School level. They are expected to be able to interact in English for supporting classroom and school activities.
The English language learning in Elementary School is expected to develop the ability of learning a language as language accompanying action.
English is for interaction and ‘here and now’. The topics are around things in situational contexts. To reach this competency, learners are expected to get used
to various adjacency pairs that underlies more complex interactions.
b. Purpose
English subject in Elementary School has purposes for helping students to acquire ability as follows:
1 Developing communication competence in the form of written and spoken as language accompanying level in school context.
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2 Having awareness of the essence and the importance of English to improve national competence capacity in the global society.
c. Scope
The scope of English subject in Elementary School covers the ability to communicate in spoken and limited way in school context, which consists of
aspects as follows: 1 Listening
2 Speaking 3 Reading
4 Writing The writing and reading ability are expected to support learning to
communicate in spoken way. Below are the specific competencies for each skill:
Standard Competence Basic Competence
Listening 1. Understand very simple
instructions with actions in school context
1.1 Respond by
actions according
to meaningfully instruction in classroom and
school context 1.2 Respond very simple instruction verbally
Speaking 2. Express
very simple
instructions and
information in classroom context
2.1 Talk as accompanying actions meaningfully which involves speaking: giving example of
doing something, giving command, and giving directions.
2.2 Talk for
askinggiving serviceitems
meaningfully which
involves speaking:
asking for help, giving help, asking items, and giving items.
2.3 Talk for
asking giving
information meaningfully
which involves
speaking: introducing
self, asking,
asking for
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