Lesson Planning in the 2013

Curriculum: Difficulties and

Implementation

Srihidayanti
1402162

ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM

SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDIES

INTRODUCTION
the current curriculum used
in Indonesia is 2013
Curriculum
Many language teachers
get difficulties in planning
their lesson
help teachers to be more specific in their
planning and prevent classroom difficulties when
they get confuse in explaining something

government regulation Number 32, 2013

Tashevska
(2008)
Brown
(2001)
Woodward (2001)
Harmer (2007)

Planning is doing something to ensure our

lessons
Plan gives teacher a framework or an overall
shape

Lesson plan is one of significant aspects that should

be considered by teachers to achieve successful
learning

Previous research

Nurichsania and
Rachmajanti
(2012)

investigated the
implementation
of an English
syllabus and
lesson plan in
accordance
with SBI
regulation

Mulyani (2013)

examined
teachers
difficulties in
developing
English lesson
plan in term of
KTSP
curriculum

Jasmi (2014)

Ratna (2014)

analyzed
focused on
how teachers
teachers
construct
difficulties in
lesson plans
designing
and
lesson plan
based on 2013 implement it
in teaching
curriculum
and learning
process

Nisa and
Jayadi
(2014)

investigated
teachers
difficulties
in designing
lesson plan

Cicek and
Tok
(2014)

reviewed
and
compared
the lesson
plan
practices
in both
U.S and
Turkey

Research Questions
1. How do the teacher design and implement their lesson plan in
context of 2013 Curriculum?
2. What are teachers difficulties in designing and implementing
lesson plan of 2013 Curriculum?

Investigate the teachers difficulties and practice in designing and

implementing lesson plan in context of 2013 Curriculum

Significance of the
study
Contribute to the government as policy maker to find solution
of problems appear in implementing 2013 Curriculum
Support teachers and school to implement the curriculum
Give a portrayal of designing and implementing lesson plan
of 2013 Curriculum for the teacher.

Literature
Review

Definition of lesson plan

Lesson plan is a sequence of related lessons which

are prepared by a teacher based on the curriculum in
order to achieve certain curriculum goals

The Importance of Lesson Planning

Brown
(2001)
More
specific
Prevent
classroom
difficulties

Woodwar
d (2001)

Harmer
(2007)

Reduce
hesitation
or nervous
Improve
teachers
confidence
and clarity
Inspire
students
confidence

Gives
framework
for
teachers
Give
students
confidence
in the
teacher

Wong
(2009)
Effective
teacher

Gafoor and
Farooque
(2010)
Organize
content,
materials,
and
methods

Ganta
(2014)
Make the
lesson
interesting

1. Identity
2. Core Competence
Lesson Plan
Components

3. Basic competence and indicator

4. Learning objective
5. Learning materials Method of study
6. Resources
7. Teaching activity.
8. Assessment

Characteristic of 2013 Curriculum

Regulation of Ministry of Education and Culture number 64, 2013

(1) Build a spiritual value, intellectuality, and psychomotor domain

(2) Implement what students get in school to their environment
(3) Develop and implement attitude, knowledge, and skill in all situations in school and society
(4) Give enough time to develop attitude, knowledge, and skill
(5) Main competence is explain more in basic competence of the subject
(6) Main competence become organizing elements of basic competence which all the basic
competences and learning process are developed to reach main competence
(7)Basic competence is developed based on the accumulative principle which reinforce and enrich
among subjects and level of education.

Basic principles of 2013 Curriculum

Regulation of Ministry of Education and Culture number 65, 2013
1. Individual differences of learners
2. Participation of learners
3. Learners center activities
4. Literacy activities
5. Feedback and follow up of lesson plan
6. Cohesiveness among the components of lesson plan
7. Integrated implementation of ICT based on the context

METHODOLOGY

Research Design
Case Study
Site and Participant
Teacher who implement 2013 curriculum from one of Senior high school
Data collection
Observation, interview, documentation
Data Analysis
Theory of regulation of Ministry of Education and Culture on learning
outcomes standard, content standard, process standard, and assessment standard

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION Designing the Lesson Plan

Core competence and basic competence
Appropriate with regulation of Ministry and Culture Number 64 Year 2013 about Standard of Content
Indicators
Based on the syllabus and develop it in order to be more applicable
Learning Objectives
The teacher determine learning objective based on the basic competence. Appropriate with standard
of content of 2013 Curriculum
Learning material
Learning material is considered based on the basic competence. Then it is developed to get the most
suitable material. The teacher used teachers guide book and students text book to help her in
determining the material

Teaching method
The teacher used Text Based Approach, with model of discovery learning, and techniques of
discussion and assignment
Learning resources
The teacher determined media, instrument, and learning sources based on indicator and basic
competence. She put in the lesson plan that media which is used are several pictures to express if
conditional sentence from various sources such as text book and internet
Teaching Activity
The teacher determined the steps of teaching activities based on the nature of the subject, then she considered
scientific approach which is suggested by 2013 Curriculum. The learning steps were divided into three stages
namely pre-teaching, while-teaching, and post-teaching activities.

Assessment
Attitude
Rubric in the form of rating scale which consist of honestly, responsibility, discipline, and well behaved

Knowledge
Several questions about if conditional sentence

Skill
Performance test
Rubric in the form of rating scale to assess students performance in speaking
Aspects considered by the teacher are pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension
(Regulation of Ministry of Education and Culture Number 66, 2013 on Assessment Standard of Primary
and Secondary Education).

The Implementation of English Lesson Plan

Pre-teaching Activities
The teacher conduct almost all pre-teaching activities based on the lesson plan
Praying

Class A
Class B
Class C

It have been conducted in the morning before class is began

To fulfil KI 1 that states Menghayati dan mengamalkan ajaran agama yang
dianutnya (comprehend fully and practice their own religion)

While-teaching activities
1. Observing
The teacher implemented all observing activities into the three classes
The students listen to the music entitled You Can Count on Me (Bruno Mars)
Song lyric with blanks spaces that should be completed by students
Three times for class A
Twice for class B
Twice for class C
The teacher consider the students condition.
She modified the implementation of lesson plan

2. Questioning
The teacher stimulate students by giving some questions related to the song
Students share their understanding and idea about the song
Students tried to identify if conditional sentence which contain in the song
by guidance from the teacher

The teacher conduct all activities in questioning stage

3. Experimenting
She believes that students in class B have higher proficiency than others.
Because of limited time, Guessing Game is not really significant for class B.
Different for class A and C, Guessing Games is expected can support
students to use English.
Guessing Game

Class A
Class B
Class C

The teacher consider the learners need to select the

activity because of different students level of proficiency

4. Associating
The teacher asked students to make If conditional sentence and write the
sentence on the white board
The students could find out if conditional sentence from another sources such as
from internet or other text book
The teacher and students then analyzed the sentence collaboratively
The teacher correct the student works on the white board
The teacher gave the examples of If Conditional sentence in Indonesian context
The teacher implemented this stage according to the lesson plan she designed

5. Communicating
The teacher asked one of the students to come in front of the class
and other students could ask him by using if conditional sentence
Post Teaching Activities
Praying

Class A
Class B
Class C

Teachers Difficulties in Designing Lesson Plan

1) Determining material
2) Determining method
3) Determining Steps of Teaching Activities
4) Designing lesson plan related to the culture development of
reading and writing
5) Limitation of the time

Teachers Difficulties in Implementing Lesson Plan

Procedure which have been prepared by the teacher is different

with the condition in class.
The teacher modified lesson plan based on the condition in class.
She aware the students condition and tried to find the best
solution for them.

CONCLUSION
The components of lesson plan developed by the teacher were appropriate with the 2013
Curriculum.
The teacher fulfil the standard of component of a lesson plan determined by Ministry of
Education and Culture Number 65, 2013 on Process Standard of Primary and Secondary
Education.
pre, while, and post teaching activities with some modification.
Scientific Approach in her teaching by conducting observing, questioning, experimenting,
associating, and communicating activities.
It is in line with the standard of process from Ministry of Education and Culture Number 65,
2013.

SUGGESTION AND RECOMMENDATION

For the teacher

Improve her understanding about 2013 Curriculum so that she can conduct
teaching and learning process well based on the regulation of 2013 Curriculum

For Ministry of Education and Culture

Enhance the teachers competence by providing seminars, workshops, or trainings
more frequently in order to improve competence of the English teacher

For further researchers

Conduct research with more participants in more than one institution and more unit
of lessons in a longer period of time