Proficiency Test Diagnostic Test

A syllabus is designed based on school program and students degrees. Besides that, the content of the syllabus must be suitable with students’ condition and relevant on the situation. To make sure that learning process will run effectively, it’s needed for a syllabus designer to include the kind of student learning experiences, and the brief of material in the syllabus. Characteristic of a syllabus: 1. Consist of comprehensive of list of: a. Is ordered easier, more essential items first b. Has explicit objectives usually expressed in the introduction 2. Is a public document 3. May indicate a time schedule 4. May indicate a preferred methodology or approach 5. May recommend materials 36 Syllabus is part of curriculum but excluding the element of curriculum evaluation. According George A. Beauchamp expand in his book Akhmad sudrajat said Kurikulum Pembelajaran dalam Paradigma Baru said, “Curriculum is a written document which may contain many ingredients, but basically it is plan for education of pupils their enrollment in given school”. 37 David Nun an states that “curriculum is a large messy concept which can be looked at in a number of ways. A very broad definition is that it includes all of the planned learning experiences of an educational system.” 38 Richards describes a curriculum as follow: An educational program which states: 1. the educational purposes of the program the ends; 36 Penny Ur, op.cit.,p. 177 37 Akhmad Sudrajat M.Pd, KurikulumPembelajaran dalam Paradigma Baru, Yogyakarta: Paramitra, 2011, p.1 38 David Nunan, Teaching English as a Second Foreign Language: Syllabus Design, Massachusetts: Heinle Thomson Learning, 2001, p. 55 2. the content, teaching procedures and learning experiences which will be necessary to achieve this purpose the means; 3. Some means for assessing whether or not the educational ends have been achieved. 39 From the statements, the writer concludes that curriculum is the planned, designed, purposes and procedure or concept teaching which role given from schools. The government decided competency standard and basic competence in the curriculum. The competency standard and basic competence based on the latest English syllabus for the second grade of Junior High School are state as follow: Standard competence and Basic Competence of Listening, Reading and Writing in School-Level Curriculum Adapted from content Standard of SMP PGRI 2 CIPUTAT English Syllabus Mendengarkan  Standar kompetensi 1. Memahami makna dalam percakapan transaksional dan interpersonal pendek sederhana untuk berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar.  Indikator a. Merespon makna yang terdapat dalam percakapan transaksional to get thing done dan interpersonal bersosialisasi b. Merespon makna yang terdapat dalam percakapan transaksional to get things done dan interpersonal bersosialisasi sederhana secara akurat, lancer, dan beretrima lingkungan sekitar yang melibatkan tindak tutur; mengundang, menerima, dan menolak ajakan, menyetujuitidak menyetujui, memuji, dan memberi selamat. 39 Richards J. Platt and H. Weber, Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics Longman: Harlow, 1985