Student's Problem in Designing Lesson Plan (A Case Study at The Sixth Semester of Student English Education Department IAIN Langsa

Students must prepare a good lesson plan in order to teach well in the classroom. The lesson plan is used as a guideline in the classroom to ensure that the learning objectives are met and that the instruction is successful. In reality, some students still struggled with lesson planning throughout microteaching class. As a result, the researcher conducted a study to examine:(1) Students' difficulties in creating lesson plans during microteaching class and to learn about. (2) The students' viewpoints on how to solve this problem.A qualitative research design was used in this study. The population consisted of English Department students from batch 2021, who were enrolled at IAIN Langsa for the academic year 2018/2019 and had already completed the microteaching class in the seventh semester.Purposive sampling was used to choose them. Document analysis and interviews were used to gather information. The researcher looked at the lesson plans of 10 students and interviewed 10 of them.(1) Students had difficulty defining indicators/objectives, analyzing basic competence (KD) to the indicator, identifying the appropriate method, and selecting the evaluation/assessment while designing lesson plans. (2) The solution offered in this study is to lecturers who hold micro-teaching classes so that they can provide training and extra attention for students who do not understand how to make the right lesson plans. As well as other solutions, namely student awareness to further explore knowledge about lesson plans by reading.