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schools, and give input to other researchers who want to carry out another study in the same field with certain interest.
1.5 Scope of the study
To avoid over claimed results of the study, this study is limited to the investigation of how the existing English syllabus of the Vocational High School agrees with the School-
Based Curriculum developed by the state vocational high school, Cimahi. The syllabus investigation was only specified to the English syllabus applied in the eleventh grade and the
perceptions of the English teachers towards the syllabus they have been implemented in the school. The result of this study is expected to give contribution to the improvement of the
English teaching at the research site and other vocational high schools.
1.6 Clarification of Terms
A number of terms used in relation to this study need to be defined in order to avoid misunderstanding, misinterpretation, or ambiguity. They are defined as follows:
EFL in this study refers to the English teaching and learning program conducted at the vocational high schools. Syllabus in this study refers to the English syllabus developed by
the MGMP team consisting of English teachers of vocational high schools in west Java province. It was published in September 2006 and applied in the research site since then.
Vocational High School in this study refers to the secondary high school with special attention to vocational education providing technical and engineering skill programs. The
School-Based Curriculum refers to the school document and program developed by the Vocational High School 1 in Cimahi.
Relevance in this study means the correlation between the EFL syllabus and the vocational high school-based curriculum.
Teachers’ Perception means what the respondent teachers think and perceive about the English syllabus they apply at the research site.
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1.7 Organization of the Thesis
This thesis was organized in five chapters. Chapter One gives general description of the introduction to the background of the study, the statements of the problems, the research
questions, the objectives of the study, the scope of the study, the significance of the study, and the thesis organization. The theories related to the study are presented in Chapter Two.
Chapter Three discusses research methodology which gives description about research design, data collection and data analysis. Chapter Four shows the findings and discussion.
Finally, chapter Five proposes conclusions and suggestions derived from this study. 1.8
Concluding Remarks
This chapter has elaborated the background of the study. The problems and the purposes, the significance, the scope of study and the organization of the thesis are also
included in this chapter. The next chapter discusses the literature review of related theories to research findings.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
