This junior high school is one of school which implements 2013 curriculum since 2013 exactly in academic year 20132014, therefore, all level of
the class is implemented by 2013 curriculum. The implementation of 2013 curriculum in this school was the decision by regional policy that choose this
school to implement it. The recent number of students in academic year 20152016 is 1.372 students. The object of this research was taken from seventh
class which has 378 students, 223 students are male and 226 students are female. There are 9 regular classes, nine bilingual class, and one acceleration class. There
are three classes that researcher observed and analyzed, they are VII 4, VII 8, and VII acceleration. VII 4 contains 42 students, VII 8 contains 41 students, and VII
acceleration consists of 29 students.
C. The Brief Description of Research Subject
As discussed in chapter three that the main research subject was the seventh class English teachers. Here is their brief identity.
First English teacher is teacher A. She is the English teacher for seventh regular class from VII 1 until VII 5. She has taught English language in this
school since last 1994. She was graduated as English teacher scholar. She had already partaken the 2013 curriculum training for twice. Hence, she has sufficient
experience in teaching English and supported by her major that is English education.
Second is Teacher B. He comes from Tuban East Java. In this school he teaches English in regular class as teacher A, but he teaches in VII 6 until VII 9.
He began to teach in this school start in 2010. His academic background is education and English is his major. He had participated in curriculum training for
five times. Therefore, he teaches the linear subject as his education background. The last English teacher in VII class that teaches bilingual and acceleration
class is teacher C. She is the senior teacher in this school. She started to teach in the beginning of 1985. Her latest academic tittle is IPS social science. However,
she got the English subject in teachers’ training program in 2008. Considering her range of time teaching, she has huge experience in teaching.
D. The English Teachers’ Perspectives on the Implementation of 2013
Curriculum
The research which was conducted by researcher related to the English teachers’ perspective on the implementation of 2013 Curriculum at seventh class
of SMPN 3 South Tangerang covered three main aspects that are teaching plan, instruction process, learning assessment, and the challenges faced by English
teachers. In this session, the presentation of research finding and discussion were mixed. Researcher portrayed those four aspects orderly, and each aspect as
presented through each English teachers’ views and followed by the discussion. In this chapter, researcher triangulated the data obtained which came from
interview, observation, documentation, and students’ questionnaire. Here is the research finding and discussion about seventh class English t
eachers’ perspective on the implementation of 2013 curriculum at SMPN 3 South Tangerang.
1. Teaching Plan
According to the law number 81A year 2013 about the implementation of curriculum stated that lesson plan is the teaching and learning plan which is
specifically designed from single main material or specific theme that refers to syllabus.
1
Also stated in appendix of the Ministry of National Education and Culture law number 103 Year 2014 about in elementary school and junior high
school that the first step to conduct the instruction process is planning the instruction which is in form of lesson plan.
2
Based on this rule, so that teachers in implementing 2013 curriculum have to design the lesson plan before they start
their teaching in class.
1
Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia Nomor 81a tahun 2013 Tentang: Implementasi Kuriukulum, p. 37
2
Lampiran Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Nomor 103 Tahun 2014: Pembelajaran Pada Pendidikan Dasar dan Pendidikan Menengah, p. 6
