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1. Curriculum
The word curriculum is defined in various ways by experts but they have the common
meaning. Some of those definitions as quoted by Hartoyo (2011:9-10) from several sources are
as follows:
1) The term curriculum covers all the arrangements the school makes for the students learning
and development. It includes the content of courses, student activities, teaching approaches, and
the way in which teachers and classes are organized. It also includes decisions of the need for the
use of facilities. (Murdoch and Hornsby, 1997:138 in Australian Ministry of Education, 1998:8).
2) The term curriculum can refer to a variety of things, including the courses taught in a school,
or a program, the documents that list the courses taught, a set of teaching materials that are
organized in some sequence of framework, or a framework for selecting and organizing learning
experiences. (Howel and Wolet, 2000:5).
The National Education System Act (No 20/2003) provides legal framework of curriculum
implemented in Indonesia. The Act defines curriculum as a set of plan with regard to the
objectives, content, and learning materials as well as the methods employed as guideline in
conducting learning activities in order to achieve the goal of a certain education. (Dharma,
2008:2).
Based on the definitions of the curriculum above, it can be stated that curriculum is the
guidance for the teacher in determining his ways or strategies in doing the teaching and learning
process and it is also the guidance for the students in achieving what they expect in their learning
process.
2. Characteristics Of Curriculum 2006
The 2006 Curriculum or Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan (KTSP) is the operational
curriculum made and done by each unit of education (KTSP;2007:1). KTSP is arranged based on
students potential development and needs for now and for the future with the consideration of
the local and national interest, and the global requirements with the spirit of the School-Based
Management (Manajemen Berbasis Sekolah/ MBS).
KTSP is developed and arranged based on several principles. First, it is arranged based on the
students potential, developments, needs, and importance in their environment. Second, it is
various and integrated. Various here means that KTSP is arranged based on the students
characteristics, the situation of the environment, the level and kinds of education, etc; integrated
means there is relationship between the main and local subjects., arts, and technology
development. Then it should be relevant to the real life for now and for future. The last is
continuous and overall. It means that KTSP should encompass the whole dimension of the
competency aspects of knowledge.
Moreover, the level of the education is also gradual and continuous. For example, in English
subject, according to KTSP for English subject Senior High School (2007:277) Senior High
School graduates should be able to achieve functional level for communication in spoken and
written forms. The curriculum is also intended to develop skill of communication that is the skill

of understanding and/ or creating spoken and written texts which are realized in four language
skills; listening, speaking, reading and writing, in order to be able to communicate fluently and to
make discourse in a certain level of literacy. According to teh 2006 Curriculum (KTSP, 2007:1),
KTSP is competence Based Curriculum developed by unit of education based on the Standar of
Contents and Standard Competence of Graduates, Standard Competence, and Basic Competence.
The characteristics of Curriculum 2006 are :
1. emphasizing the attainment of the students competence individually and classically;
2. orienting toward learning outcomes, and diversity;
3. using genre approaches in the learning process and greatly is influenced with Systematic
Functional Grammar of Halliday (1987);
4. accepting any other educative learning sources besides teachers;
5. emphasizing its evaluation on the learning process and outcomes in acquiring or attaining a
certain competence;
6. using special terms such as Standar Kompetensi (Standard of Competence) refers to a
minimum statement covering knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values which are reflected in the
way of thinking and acting after students learned and finished one of the four language skills
(listening, speaking, reading, and writing); Kompetensi Dasar (Basic Competence) refers to a
minimum statement covering knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values which are reflected in the
way of thinking and acting after students learned and finished one of the four language skills
(listening, speaking, reading, and writing); Indikator (Achievement Indicators) refers to a
specific basic competence that can be taken as a standard to assess the attainment of a learning
process; Materi Pokok (Core Materials) refers to materials or lessons that students have to learn
in a learning process. (Hartoyo:2011)
3. Characteristics Of Curricullum 2013
The curriculum 2013 is the revision of the curriculum 2006,. So, it is still the operational
curriculum made and done by each unit of education (KTSP;2007:1). Curriculum 2013 is
arranged and developed by seeing the potential students, the developing of era, and the students
needs. And the important thing is curriculum 2013 offer some models of teaching. Trhee models
are suggested by the curriculum 2013, but not only three models, the government also gives
special approach that is called scientific approach, (Pemendikbud 81A: 2013). In the assessment
teachers must use the authentic assessment. It will be helpful for teachers so that they do not use
false assessment since in curriculum 2013, they will also assess the affective aspect. The former
curriculum does not give the way how to assess the affective, but the curriculum 2013 has been
existed the way how to assess it.
The Characteristic of Curriculum 2013 is to develop attitudes, knowledges, and skills then
apply them in various situations in schools and communities
4. Sylabus
Syllabus is kind of things that teachers must be done before they teach
a class. Syllabus is a set of plan of what will be taught at class, what should
be taught first, second, and so on.
There are some definitions of syllabus from experts:
1. Hutchinson and Waters in Robberto Rabbini (2002), syllabus is a statement
of what is to be learn.

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McKay in Brown (1995:7) stated that syllabus provides a focus for what
should be studied, along with a rationale for how that content should be
selected and ordered.
3. Yalden in Robberto Rabbini (2002), a syllabus can also be seen as a
summary of the content to which learners will be exposed.
4. Richard, Jack C (2001), a syllabus describes the major elements in a course,
and provides the basis for instructional focus and content.
5. Nunan in Cheng Xiaotang, say that syllabus is more localized than
curriculum, and is based on the accounts and records of what happen in the
classroom.
Syllabus is a set of plan but more specific than curriculum. It can guide
teacher and learner by providing some goals to be attained
Refferences :
Departemen Pendidikan Nasional. 2003. Kurikulum 2004: Standar Kompetensi mata pelajaran
Bahasa Inggris SMP/ MTs. Jakarta: DEPDIKNAS
Departemen Pendidikan Nasional. 2007. Kurikulum KTSP: Buku Saku Kurikulum Tingkat
Satuan Pendidikan SMP/ MTs: DEPDIKNAS
Hornby, A.S. 1987. Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary of Current English. London: Oxford
University Press
Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Nomor 81A Tahun 2013 tentang Implementasi
Kurikulum.
Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Nomor 54 Tahun 2013 tentang Standar
Kelulusan.
White, Ronald V. 1998. The ELT Curriculum: Design, Innovation, Management. New York: Bail
Blackwell Inc.