ENGLISH TEACHERS’ DIFFICULTIES IN DESIGNING LESSON PLANS BASED ON THE 2013 CURRICULUM IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN BENGKULU CITY

The objectives of this research were; 1) to investigate the difficulties faced by
Junior High School English teachers in designing Lesson Plans based on the 2013
curriculum, and 2) to investigate the most difficult component of the Lesson Plan
considered to be written by them. This research employed a mixed-method
approach with a sequential explanatory design involving 30 Junior High School
English teachers in Bengkulu City. The data were gathered by using questionnaire
with a total of 35 items and a semi-structured interview addressing issues related
to teachers‟ difficulties in designing the lesson plan based on the 2013 curriculum.
The questionnaire was constructed based on the Regulation of the Minister of
Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia No 65 in 2013. Prior to it
being distributed to the respondents of the research; the content was validated by
expert judgments and then a pilot study was done. Then, the construct validity
was tested by using Pearson Product Moment. Furthermore, the reliability of the
questionnaire was tested by using Cronbach‟s Alpha. The findings revealed that
the English teachers had difficulties in designing the lesson plan in four
components, namely indicators, learning objectives, learning materials, and
assessment, whilst the assessment component was identified as the highest
difficulty faced by them. Moreover, the results of the interview revealed that those
components were difficult for the teachers caused of some factors, namely lack of
knowledge of lesson plans, over teaching hours, and teaching and learning
situation during the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings give information about
the ability of Junior High School English teachers in designing the lesson plan
based on the 2013 curriculum in Bengkulu City.
Keywords: English teachers, lesson plan, the 2013 curriculum.