Teacher’s Preparation of Lesson Plan and Constraints in English as a Foreign Language During the Pandemic Outbreak in the Junior High School

This study investigated the abilities and constraints of teachers in preparing lesson plans as well as students' constraints in EFL learning through Google Meet during the Covid-19 pandemic at SMP Negeri 2 Singaraja. The subjects of this research were an EFL teacher of the seventh-grade and also 60 seventh-grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Singaraja in the academic year 2020/2021. The design applied is mixed method. Data were collected using three instruments, namely, rating scale, teacher’s constraints and students’ constraints in EFL through Google Meet. Prior to data collection, the three instruments were validated and tested empirically, while data were analyzed descriptively. The results showed that, in preparing lesson plans, teachers are less capable and had some constrained in: selecting the learning methods or technique, selecting the evaluation instrument and technique and selecting learning media. Besides, the results showed that students did not understand the material in lesson plan 3 and 4 and did not prefer when use Google Meet in learning English based on lesson plan 1,3 and 4. It related to the students’ constraints in connection. This research implies that EFL teacher to provide online lesson plan and focus on selecting technique or method, evaluation processes and media.