The focus of this research is how the teacher’s role in implementing 4C skills in
English lesson plan in the classroom and what kind of problems encountered by teacher
in implementing 4C skills in English lesson plan in the classroom. The aims of this
research is to describe about the teacher’s role in implementing 4C skills in English
lesson plan in the classroom and to examine what are the problems encountered by
teacher in implementing the 4C skills in English lesson plan in the classroom. This
research used a qualitative research with the type of the research is descriptive
qualitative, and used three of data collection techniques. The first data collection
technique is observation, which aims to obtain information in terms of the situation and
condition of learning about the role of teacher in implementing 4C skills. The second
technique is interview to find more in-depth information. The third technique is
documents, where lesson plans are used as documents in this research. Two English
teachers of SMP Negeri 7 Banjarmasin were involved in this research. The interview
guidelines consist of 13 questions. The results show that the crucial roles of teachers in
implementing 4C skills are create instruction based on the 4Cs, provide examples and
demonstration, encourage discussion, provide constructive feedback, facilitation of
collaboration and teamwork, integrating technology wisely, creating space dor
creativity, identifying and encouraging creative talent, motivating and driving progress,
and progress evaluation based on 4C skills. And the problems encountered by teachers
in implementing 4C skills in English lesson plan in the classroom, such as time
constraints, inadequate school facilities, students’ lack of interest in learning English,
and the use of students’ native tongues during the English language learning process.