A Study On The Compatibility Of Speaking Materials In Scaffolding For The Eight Year Of Junior High School With School Level – Based Curriculum

This research paper is mainly intended to find out whether the materials of speaking skill in English textbook used for the eight year student of junior high school Scaffolding, develops the skills suggested by the School Level-based Curriculum of SMP N 6 Sragen. In line with the objectives of the research, the writer used a descriptive research. In collecting the data, she used document as data source. The data were analyzed by these steps: (1) searching materials of the speaking skill in the English textbook, (2) searching indicators of the speaking skill suggested by the School Level-based Curriculum of SMP N 6 Sragen, (3) coding materials of the speaking skill in English textbook, (4) analyzing them, (5) judging whether the data are appropriate with indicators in School Level-based Curriculum or not, and (6) giving percentage from the total number, (7) drawing conclusion and proposing suggestions. The result of the analysis shows that the percentage of the appropriateness of the materials of speaking skill in the textbook is 68%. It means that the materials of speaking skill in the textbook is compatible with the School Level-based Curriculum of SMP N 6 Sragen in developing skills. However the teacher should supply the textbook with other books to cover indicators of speaking materials that have not been covered by Scaffolding in achieving the goal of teaching English. The writer of the Scaffolding textbook should revise the textbook and add more texts and activities on speaking materials to increase the quality of the textbook