THE
STUDENTS MOTIVATION TO PREPARING THE NASIONAL EXAMINATION
SMP
Negeri
CHAPTER
I
INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background of the Study
Education
curriculum in Indonesia has been changed several times. On this
year of 2014,
the curriculum will
be changed with an integrative thematic concept
applied to elementary,
junior high, high
school, and vocational school
called by Curriculum
2013. In November,
Indonesia’s deputy minister of
education, Musliar Kasim,
explained that changes
in the Indonesian educational
system curriculum was an absolute necessity because, “Right now many students
don’t have character, tolerance for others, empathy for others.”
The need for
augmentation was in
response to concerns
that students were becoming
overwhelmed with the
workload, and that
instances of student violence
were increasing as
a consequence. Government officials asserted that students
needed to learn how to become better citizens and that it could only be
achieved by instilling character and a greater sense of morality.
The
role of English is so important that achievement of formal education is
expected to be satisfactory. However the result of English Language Teaching
(ELT for short) at Secondary School or Sekolah Lanjutan Tingkat Pertama (SLTP
for short) is assumed to fail and the final examination marks of SLTP graduates
show that the students are not successful in mastering English. We have to do
something with it.
In
order to find the the effectiveness as a result in learning junior high school
the government make a last examination or National eaxamination. Mustajib
(2013: 3) National Examination (NE) or
Ujian Nasional (UN) has been an integral part of teachers’ and students’
lives. At the end of school periods, three year students especially of junior
high schools are ready to take it.
This practice has been going on since
1950. In Indonesia, English serves as a
