School-Based Curriculum Theoretical Description

27 The solution is to give them clear recording or pause between phrases or sentences.

4. School-Based Curriculum

School-Based Curriculum is launced in 2006. It is mentioned in Peraturan Pemerintah No 19 Tahun 2005 that School-Based Curriculum is an operational curriculum which is made and conducted by each school in order that the school can adjust the educational program with region’s potentialities and needs. School- Based Curriculum is implemented based on Undang Undang No 20 Tahun 2003 about National Education System and Peraturan Pemerintah Repubik Indonesia No 19 Tahun 2005 about National Education Standard. Peraturan Pemerintah No 19 Tahun 2005 in article 16 mentions that School-Based Curriculum is composed based on the guideline which is made by Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan BSNP. Based on the guideline, BSNP also mentions that a syllabus can be developed by the teachers if the teachers know the characteristics of the students, the school ’s conditions, and the surroundings. The syllabus also consists of Competency Standard, Basic Competence, Materials, Learning Activities, Indicators, Evaluation, Time Allocation, and Sources. According to School-Based Curriculum, English is a means to communicate orally or in writing. In School-Based Curriculum, the goal of the English learning activity of junior high schools is in functional level, in which daily problems can be solved. The Competency Standard of the English listening skill for seventh grade students of junior high schools semester two are divided into two parts. One of them is to understand meaning of a simple transactional and 28 interpersonal dialogue to communicate to the environment andor in the context of academic. Meanwhile, the basic competence are 1 to respond to the environment andor students’ surrounding in a simple transactional to get things done and interpersonal socialize conversation correctly and effectively involving: asking and giving help, asking and giving things, and asking and giving facts and 2 to respond to the environment a ndor students’ surrounding in a simple transactional to get things done and interpersonal socialize conversation correctly and efficiently involving: asking and giving opinion, expressing like and dislike, asking for clarification, and respond interpersonally.

B. Theoretical Framework

The theoretical framework is aimed to summarize and synthesize the theories which are explained in the theoretical description. In order to develop the listening materials for the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 2 , the writer underlines Kemp’s Instructional Design Model, Task-Based Language Teaching, School-Based Curriculum, and the listening theory. The use of Task-Based Language Teaching and the listening theory can be seen in the designed listening