THE ENGLISH TEACHERS’ PROBLEMS IN IMPLEMENTING CURRICULUM 2013 OF SMA N 1 KUDUS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

Curriculum 2013 has been applied since year 2013. In curriculum 2013, teacher has a role as a facilitator for the students. Besides that, the students must be active in learning process. But, in fact many teachers especially the English teachers still have problems in implementing curriculum 2013, such as the difficulty in implementation of effective learning by using a scientific approach, the difficulty of teacher to search books that appropriate with curriculum 2013, the difficulty in assessment process, the limitation of time in teaching, and the differences in the abilities of student to understand the materials that are provided by the teacher. The objective of the research is to find out the English teachers’ problems in implementing curriculum 2013 of SMA N 1 Kudus in academic year 2013/2014. The writer used descriptive qualitative research exactly case study. That method is used to describe the problems which are faced by the English teachers in implementing curriculum 2013 of SMA N 1 Kudus in academic year 2013/2014. The writer collects the data through the interview and observation. The writer analyzed the qualitative data by identifying, classifying, and describing the problem which are faced by the English teachers in implementing curriculum 2013 of SMA N 1 Kudus in academic year 2013/2014. In the result of the research, the writer concludes that the problems which are faced by the teachers not only caused by the teachers but also caused by the students and the government. There are 14 kinds of problems that are faced by the English teachers in implementing curriculum 2013 of SMA N 1 Kudus in academic year 2013/2014. According to the English teachers, from 14 kinds of problems there are 11 problems coming from the teachers themselves. Then, 2 problems come from students, and 1 problem comes from the government. Therefore, the writer suggests that the teachers should get more understanding about curriculum 2013, by reading some books which are related to the implementation of curriculum 2013. Besides that, the students must be active to express their idea and must be focus in the teaching learning process. The last, the government should give more attention to the implementation of the curriculum 2013