An Analysis of Lesson Plans for Learning English in the Senior High School

Abstract

The general objective of the present research was to describe the steps taken in preparing the lesson plans in learning English through Google Classroom and to analyze the problems faced by the English teacher in the SMA Negeri 3 Singaraja. The research was designed as a descriptive qualitative. Data on the steps that had been taken by the English teacher in preparing lesson plans for learning English through Google Classroom were collected by means of a questionnaire. Similarly, data on the problems faced by the English teacher in preparing lesson plans for learning English in were gathered using a questionnaire. The second questionnaire also contained twenty items corresponded to the items in the first questionnaire. The obtained data from the two questionnaires are presented in the following sections. The first research findings show that the steps had been taken in prearing the lesson plans in learning English in SMAN 3 Singaraja followed 5 aspects of curriculum 2013 lesson plan, such as: 1) learning objectives, 2) learning materials, 3) learning activities, 4) learning media and sources, and 5) learning assessment. The second research findings consisted of nine problems, they were: the English teacher mentioned 7 problems found when they prepared the lesson plans for learning English in the SMA Negeri 3 Singaraja, which occurred in the aspect of learning objectives, learning activities, and learning assessment.