摘要：Authentic Assessment is one of important aspects in 2013 Curriculum promoting an idea of assessing students’ authentic skills including speaking.However,many teachers claimed to have difficulties in implementing it properly.This research aims at explaining the English teachers’ perception and implementation of authentic assessment for speaking based on 2013 Curriculum in state senior high schools in Semarang.Descriptive qualitative method is applied in this study.By using purposive sampling technique,sixteen English teachers from sixteen state senior high schools in Semarang were involved.There were four instruments to collect the data,namely questionnaire,interview,document analysis,and classroom observation.The findings of this research revealed that the English teachers had good perception of authentic assessment for speaking both in the concept,preparation and implementation.However,in the actual implementation,it was proven that the teachers did not apply authentic assessment for speaking as required by 2013 Curriculum.This was due to several problems such as limited time,teachers’ lack of creativity,students’ motivation and other reasons.Therefore,this study was expected to help teachers broaden their knowledge on authentic assessment for speaking as well as improve the implementation in accordance with the standard and purpose of the assessment.
