The
Curriculum 2013
Realizing
the importance of English nowadays, our
government states that English as a foreign language should become a compulsory
subject at school. It is taught from Elementary School to University and it
becomes one of the subjects in National Test (UN). Students need to understand
spoken and written English to communicate their ideas effectively. In
Indonesian education curriculum or content based on curriculum, students have
to master the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
In this case, teaching English must be conducted in every education field in
Indonesia from elementary to university.
Nowadays,
Indonesian education is using Curriculum 2013 and School-based Curriculum
(KTSP). The government of Indonesian Education has announced new regulation
from Ministry of Education No. 32 Year 2013 showing the changing from the
previous regulation (Ministry of Education No. 19 Year 2005) about the National
Education Standards. The 2013 Curriculum quickly was implemented to all school
in Indonesia after the new regulation has announced. The changing influences
the process of teaching-learning all subjects in classroom. But in December
2014 Indonesian Government had changed the curriculum back to School Based
Curriculum (KTSP) by published Regulation of the Minister No. 159 Year 2014
concerning the evaluation of the 2013 Curriculum. However, some schools in
Indonesia still use the 2013 Curriculum because they have permit and are
requested by the Region Government of Education.
All
schools in Indonesia which use the 2013 Curriculum including Junior High School
must use Scientific Approach for teaching and learning process in the
classroom. Scientific approach is pedagogical approach used in classroom
whereby teaching is approached with the same rigor as science at its best and
it involves active learning strategies to engage students in the process of
science and teaching methods that have been systematically tested and shown to
reach diverse students. In scientific approach the teachers must develop and
increase the student ability that is relevant with students’ need, condition of
the school, and link it to the environment.
The
2013 Curriculum has changed the classroom procedures. Scientific approach
consists of five main steps in the learning cycle, namely: (1) observing, (2) questioning, (3) gathering of information or experimenting,
(4) associating or information
processing, and (5) communicating. The
aim of the classroom procedure is to develop the students’ attitudes, to
express their idea briefly but succinctly, and develop their language skills.
