Objectives Research Significances INTRODUCTION
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English in SMK is categorized into a compulsory lesson. The goal of English teaching in SMK is to develop the students’ communicative competence.
Based on the Basic Competences in the Minister of Education and Culture Regulation No. 68,69,702013, English language teaching in SMK aim to develop
the students’ ability to communicate in the target language both orally and in writing appropriately. The students are expected to improve their language skills
listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a variety of context for varied purposes using a range of text types and language functions. To achieve this goal,
the contents of English curriculum 2013 embrace interpersonal, transactional, and functional text of various types in four language skills. The contents of English
curriculum 2013 also include knowledge about text such as social functions, text structures, linguistic elements grammar and vocabulary, and values.
As stated above, curriculum 2013 recommends scientific approach to be applied in learning process. Suharyadi 2013 says there are three points that
become the focus of teaching-learning with scientific approach; they are attitudes affective, knowledge cognitive, and skills psychomotor. “Attitudes” refer to
“students know why”, “knowledge” refers to “what students know”, and “skills” refer to “students know how”. By applying scientific approach in classroom,
students are expected to be creative, innovative, and productive Suharyadi: 2013.
In addition, Priyana 2013 explains about the steps of the learning process in scientific approach. He said that the learning process in scientific
approach takes place through several steps; they are observing mengamati,
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questioning menanya, experimenting mengolah, associating menalar, and communicating mengkomunikasikan. For the context of English language
teaching, creating mencipta process is added Priyana: 2013. Here is the details explanation about the steps in scientific approach.