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Curriculum is essential for education in a country because it will portray the philosophy of life and maintain its identity. The primary purpose of a curriculum is to attain the educational goals of a country. In Indonesia, the national education curriculum has changed several times, and the latest curriculum is 2013 Curriculum. It applies a scientific approach to the learning process, consisting of five steps of thinking to gain knowledge: observing, questioning, experimenting, associating, and networking. Moreover, it is designed to anticipate the modern learning of the 21st century. Therefore, the English teachers face considerable challenges in teaching their students, and knowing their perception in implementing this curriculum is important to be discussed. The respondents of this study were 14 English teachers who were selected using a purposive sampling technique. The researcher used a close-ended questionnaire as the instrument to collect the data. Further, the researcher analyzed the data statistically and descriptively. Considering the result of the research, the junior high school English teachers in Kawunganten district, Cilacap regency, have positive ideas about some issues related to the implementation of the 2013 Curriculum, such as perception and implementation, teaching administration, learning sources, learning implementation, scientific approach, and assessment process.

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