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English skills are the basics of English. These skills enable English to acquire its core function, which is as the mean of communication. As the theories
above proposed, the four English skills, namely listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, are connected one to another. One skill would support the other
skills. English skills are divided into two parts; inputs and outputs. Inputs would help students to have models which therefore would be used to help them perform
the outputs. The inputs include listening and reading. Listening skills would help students to perform the speaking skill since they cover the sounds of English.
While reading would help students to perform the writing skills since they cover the written forms of English.
In the relationship with induction and closure technique, for sure, those four skills can be integrated in order to motivate students to learn English which
will bring result to their well mastery. The inputs can be used in induction, while the outputs can be applied in closure. Therefore, when English language teaching
takes place, a whole teaching learning activities would be conducted. And when those skills could cover and support each other, English would be useful for its
main purpose as the mean of communication. This would also bring an advantage that students will not be afraid of English anymore, but they will love it and learn
it more since they know that it is very useful and applicable in their life.
D. English language teaching in SMK
Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan SMK or vocational senior high school
prepares students to enter working environment. SMK students are projected to
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fulfill the competences required by industry, business or profession association Depdiknas, 2007; 8. SMK students are expected to be able to cover the norms as
social people, adapt and fulfill the requirements asked by the society and working environment. They are proposed as the normative, adaptive, and productive
programs which SMK has to organize for students Depdiknas, 2007; 9. English language teaching in SMK also covers those required
competences. English has a central role in students’ intellectual, social and emotional developments and it supports them to learn all study fields. It enables
students to know themselves, their own and others’ cultures. English also enables students to express their opinions and feelings, participate in society, and develop
their analysis and imaginative skills. English will arm students with the ability to understand and express information based on their skill programs to the society
and working environments. English language teaching in SMK is aimed to master the four English skills to reach the competences, and apply the mastery to
communicate orally or written Depdiknas, 2007; 51. The standard competences of English language teaching in SMK are
divided into three levels: novice, elementary and intermediate levels Depdiknas, 2007; 53. The novice level is expected to be mastered in the 10
th
grade, elementary level is expected to be mastered in the 11
th
grade, while the intermediate level is expected to be mastered in the 12
th
grade. Since the writer focuses the study to the 11
th
grade, the followings are the standard and basic competences of English in SMK for the 11
th
grade. The standard competence for 11
th
grade students is to communicate in elementary skills of English. The basic
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competences for this level are to understand simple daily conversations in personal or professional contexts with non-native speakers, write simple messages
either through direct or indirect interaction, describe job and educational backgrounds written and orally, retell jobs in the past and future, express various
intentions, understand simple instructions, make short messages, instructions and lists with acceptable words, spellings and grammar.
SMK BOPKRI Wates, Yogyakarta also follows the competences
determined by Departemen Pendidikan NasionalDepdiknas National Education Department, including the aims, standard and basic competences of English
language teaching. From those competences, the four English skills are covered in social and working environment contexts, in this case accounting and office
administration. In order to make English meaningful for students, the English language teaching has to be contextualized to the fields they learn and cover,
either for their personal life, social life or the working environment. The contextualization of the skills can be used to motivate students since they know
that what they learn is useful and applicable in their daily life, therefore, it should be maximized in the induction and closure technique. When students realize and
are ensured that what they learn are in accordance with the context they need to cover, they will give better and appropriate responses and have motivation learn.
E. Theoretical Framework
