3 Microteaching students should think carefully before determining the
learning activities. Burden Byrd 1999 recommend three sequences of learning activities which are introductory activities, developmental activities, and closing
activities. The learning activities written in the lesson plan should be clear and in a good order so that the material can be delivered well and easily. Besides, the
important thing to be considered is that the learning activities should be based on the learning objectives.
By the fact that designing coherent learning objectives and learning activities is important, the researcher wants to know whether there is coherence
between learning objectives and learning activities designed by microteaching students of the English Language Education Study Program. It is important since
the students are expected to be professional teachers who are successful in teaching after they graduate later. The coherence can be seen from some criteria.
They are related to the formulation of learning objectives and the design of supporting learning activities.
B. Problem Formulations
In relation to the topic of the study, the problems of the research can be formulated as follows:
1. Is there any coherence between learning objectives and learning activities
designed by microteaching students of the English Language Education Study Program?
4 2.
What problems might occur in designing coherent learning objectives and learning activities?
C. Problem Limitation
The designs of lesson plans are varied based on the skill focus which is going to be taught. It can be listening, speaking, reading or writing. In this study,
the lesson plans analyzed are those that focus on writing skill. The researcher experienced that producing a piece of writing is not easy. There are some
sequences to face, such as getting the idea, pre-writing, revising, re-writing and proofreading. From the first sequence, which is finding the idea, it is not easy.
Even after the researcher gets the idea, the researcher should consider the vocabulary, grammar or organization to put the idea into a good writing. Because
of those phenomena, writing teacher should be careful in choosing the kinds of classroom activities to help the students develop their writing skills. It is obvious
that becoming a writing teacher is a big challenge. That is the reason why the researcher chose the lesson plans which focus on writing skill as the data.
There are some parts in a lesson plan which are all important and related to each other. Dealing with the objectives of this study, the focus will be only on
the objectives and learning activities written in a lesson plan. The researcher is
going to study the coherence of both.
This research will use document analysis on seven lesson plans written by seven students of the English Language Education Study Program Sanata Dharma
5 University year 2009 as the participants from different microteaching class. The
students have written and implemented them in their microteaching class.
D. Research Objectives
