AN OVERVIEW OF ENGLISH
LANGUAGE TEACHING IN
INDONESIA
By
ARINA SHOFIYA, M.Pd.
CURRICULUM
A set of plans and arrangements covering
education goals, contents, learning materials,
and learning methods intended as the guide lines
in implementing the teaching and learning
process to achieve the goals that have been set. (
National System of Education Act number
20/2003)
 A broad desciption of general goals by indicating
an overall educational-cultural philosophy which
applies across subjects ( Dubin and Ohlstain,
1986;34-35)
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CURRICULUM OF ENGLISH INSTRUCTION
IN INDONESIA
Formally English instruction in secondary
schools Indonesia was established in 1968 based
on the Decree of the minister of Edcation Number
06/1967
1968 CURRICULUM
•The curriculum was developed on the
basis of the political, social, economic and
cultural aspects.
•Separate-subject curriculum, the subject
content is logically and systematically
sequenced
•Among the four skills (listening,
speaking, reading, writing) reading is
given the most priority, speaking the least
•Currriculum and syllabus adopted a
version of ALM as a method of teaching
1975 Curriculum
•The theme is to synchronize the
curriculum of junior high school and senior
high school and to accomodate teachinglearning innovations for the purpose of
efficiency and effectiveness.
•The English syllabus aimed at developing
the four language skills and equipping
students with the language component.
•The learning materials are targeted
towards the attainment of English
grammar, the eclectic approach was
implemented, the discrete model was
employed in the evaluation system
emphasized on grammar mastery
1984 Curriculum
•The curriculum consisted of core
program (85%) and elective program
(15%)
•The approach adopted was student
active learning (CBSA) as well as
process-oriented approach
•The concept of mastery learning was
introduced
•All four skills were developed,
however, in teaching components it
was based on structural approach
The 1994 Currriculum
•It consisted of compulsory
currricular program as well as
extracurricular program
• The English syllabus was
developed by a team consisting
specialists in TEFL, curriculum,
practicing teachers, ad school
system authorities
•The skills developed were reading,
listening, speaking, and writing
•The approach used was
communicative approach/
The 2004 Curriculum
The Competency Based Curriculum
was introduced eventhough it was
never officially launched
The CBC is oriented towards;(1) the
attainment of learning results and
learning outcomes by students after
experiencing various meaningful
activities, (2) variability of relevan
aspects which are manifested
according to the results of need
assessment
There is an implementation of
classroom-based assessment
The 2006 Curriculum
•This is called as schoolbased
curriculum or KTSP
•Schools are given greater flexibility
to develop their own curriculum, bu
still refer to nationally established
standards