The other research about DRTA is the final project which the title is The Use of Directed Reading Thinking Activity Method in Teaching Narrative Text. It
is a research by Dian Puspita Sari, undergraduate student from Semarang State University. This final project was conducted based on a study that was attempted
to examine the use of DRTA in teaching narrative text. The result of the research showed that the average score pre test of the experimental group was 62.67 and
the post test was 75.78. Meanwhile, the average score pre test of the control group was 60.53 and the post test was 68.56. Based on the result above, DRTA method
gave a great contribution to improve reading skill in narrative. From the review of the another research, I hope the result of my research
also shows that DRTA can improve the ability of the Senior High School students in reading hortatory exposition text.
2.2 Review of Theoretical Background
This subchapter discusses Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan PendidikanKTSP School Based Curriculum, reading, the general concept of Directed Reading
Thinking Activity, exposition text, experimental research, and framework of analysis. Each of this discussion is presented as follows:
2.2.1 Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan PendididikanKTSP School Based Curriculum
English instruction in Indonesian Educational system is based on a system which is called curriculum which is composed by National Education
Department Depdiknas. According to Feez and Joyce 1998:9, quoted by
Nurhidayah Imani 2010:3, “curriculum is a general statement of goals and outcomes, learning arrangement, evaluation, and documentation relating to the
management of program within an educational institution”. Curriculum is the principle of doing teaching learning process. It means that curriculum plays an
important role in teaching learning process. KTSP is the revision of the previous curriculum called Kurikulum
Berbasis KompetensiKBK. Mulyasa 2007: 21 states that “KTSP is an idea
about the curriculum development which put on the near position with the teaching learning process that is school and educational unit
”. KTSP is a curriculum that gives the autonomy to the school and educational unit to develop
curriculum based on each potency, demands, and needs. Based on KTSP, there are five kinds of texts taught in the eleventh
grade of senior high school i.e. report, narrative, analytical exposition, spoof and hortatory exposition text. Hortatory exposition text is one of the texts that should
be mastered by the eleventh grade students of senior high school. It was given in second semester for eleventh grade. The following table displays the competence
standard and basic competence in teaching reading hortatory exposition text for senior high school based on KTSP for the eleventh grade.
Table 2.1 Competence Standard and Basic Competence in Teaching Reading
Competence Standard Basic Competence
Reading
11. Memahami makna teks fungsional 11.1
Merespon makna dalam teks fungsional pendek misalnya banner,
pendek dan esei berbentuk narrative, spoof dan hortatory exposition dalam
konteks kehidupan sehari-hari dan untuk mengakses ilmu pengetahuan
poster, pamphlet, dll. resmi dan tak resmi yang menggunakan ragam
bahasa tulis secara akurat, lancar dan berterima dalam konteks kehidupan
sehari-hari dan untuk mengakses ilmu pengetahuan
11.2 Merespon makna dan langkah
retorika dalam esei yang menggunakan ragam bahasa tulis
secara akurat, lancar dan berterima dalam konteks kehidupan sehari-hari
dan untuk mengakses ilmu pengetahuan dalam teks berbentuk
narrative, spoof, dan hortatory exposition
2.2.2 Reading
