IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETENCY BASED CURRICULUM IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING

Abstract

Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) is a relatively new curriculum and is a result of improvements to the previous curriculum. Basically the mission of the CBC (Competency-Based Curriculum) is a complete curriculum that touches all aspects of learning needs in English, are interrelated, not compartmentalized and may reflect the dimensions of skill with interesting themes. The new CBC set by the Department of Education in July 2004.This study tries to answer about the implementation of competency-based curriculum in language learning. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach, observation, interviews and literature study. The results showed that the implementation of competency-based curriculum in English language learning with learning proven effective with better although there is also criticism that states are more rigid in learning English.