25 phenomenon and context are not clearly evident. The cases which could be
studied using case study as the research method were decisions, individuals, organizations, processes, programs, neighborhoods, institutions, and events Yin,
2009. The case in this research was a kind of real-life phenomenon on the use of teacher‟s guidebook of 2013 Curriculum in the teaching and learning activities.
While according to Ary, Jacobs, and Sorens en 2010, “A case study
focuses on a single unit to produce an in-depth description that is rich and holistic
…As indicated, case studies provide an in-depth description of a single unit. The “unit” can be an individual, a group, a site, a class, a policy, a program,
a process, an institution, or a community p. 454. In this research, the unit was the three of the seventh grade English teachers at SMP Negeri 1 Bantul. In this
research, the researcher described, in-depth, the particular of the teachers‟
perception on the implementation of teacher‟s guidebook of 2013 Curriculum.
B. Research Setting and Participants
This research was conducted in the seventh grade English class of SMP Negeri 1 Bantul, which is located on Jl. Ra. Kartini No. 44, Kec. Bantul, Kab.
Bantul, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 55714, Indonesia. It was conducted during August-September 2015, the first semester of academic year 2015-2016. The
participants of this research were three of four seventh grade English teachers at SMP Negeri 1 Bantul. There were four English teachers who taught seventh
grade. However, the researchers chose three of the four English teachers as the participants, because one of the four English teachers was so busy to guide the
26 PPL students. In this research, the researcher used ET1, ET2, and ET3 to name
the participants. The researcher also provided the background of the participants in order to strengthen the finding.
The first participant was ET1. Now, she is 41 years old. She graduated from one of the private universities in Yogyakarta. After she graduated from the
university, in 2001 she became an English teacher in one of the private junior high schools in Yogyakarta. She taught seventh grade and eighth grade. Then, in 2005
she took a test and she became an English teacher assistant at SMP Negeri 1 Bantul. At the first time, she became a teacher assistant for one semester for non
English teachers. In the second semester, she began to teach in the classroom. She taught seventh grade and eighth grade. However, for the eighth grade, she only
taught for a few times. In 2010, she became a civil servant and she was deployed at SMP Negeri 1 Bantul. Until now, she is an English teacher at SMP Negeri 1
Bantul and she teaches the seventh grade. She has been certified since 2012. The second participant was ET2. Now, she is 45 years old. She graduated
from one of the public universities in Yogyakarta. After she graduated from the university, in 1999 she became an English teacher in two junior high schools in
Bantul. At that time, she taught seventh grade and eighth grade. In 2003, she became a teacher assistant in one of the public junior high schools in Bantul.
Then, in 2006 she became a civil servant and she was deployed at SMP Negeri 1 Bantul. Until now, she is an English teacher at SMP Negeri 1 Bantul and she
teaches the seventh grade. She has been certified since 2013. Now, besides teaching at SMP Negeri 1 Bantul, she also teaches in one of the private junior high
27 schools in Bantul. It is done as the requirement of certification to meet the
teaching hours. The third participant was ET3. Now, she is 40 years old. She graduated
from one of the public universities in Yogyakarta. After she graduated from the university, in 2002 she became an English teacher in one of the private high
schools in Yogyakarta. She taught there during 2002-2003. Then during 2003- 2004, she was an English tutor in one of the vocational high schools in
Yogyakarta. In 2005, she took a test and she became an English teacher at SMP Negeri 1 Bantul. At the first time, she became a teacher assistant for one semester
for non English teachers. In the second semester, she began to teach in the classroom. She had experienced in teaching seventh, eighth, and ninth grade. In
2010, she became a civil servant and she was deployed at SMP Negeri 1 Bantul. Until now, she is an English teacher at SMP Negeri 1 Bantul and she teaches
seventh grade. She has been certified since 2012. Now, besides teaching at SMP Negeri 1 Bantul, she also teaches in one of the vocational schools in Bantul. It is
done as the requirement of certification to meet the teaching hours.
C. Research Instruments
