iranian efl teachers’ attitudes towards the use of lesson plans at university level

A lesson plan is a logical description of the course of education, furthermore, it is a teacher’s detailed documentation of the course of instruction for learners. many teachers employ lesson plans to give directions to their classes. this paper aimed to investigate iranian efl teachers’ attitudes towards the use of lesson plan. to this end, through a descriptive, non-experimental research design, 40 iranian teachers were randomly selected from among the well-experienced teachers at payam-e-noor university, isfahan, iran during 2020. to collect the data, a 12-item attitude questionnaire was distributed among the teacher participants. moreover, to increase the validity of the study, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 15 volunteer teachers. the collected data were analyzed in the form of frequency and percentage and through a descriptive statistical procedure. the findings suggested that teachers considered lesson planning as the most appropriate skill that a teacher could use to create a successful class and an organized learning environment. they were also considering an appropriate lesson plan as a vital step in the process of teaching and learning to fulfill the needs of the students. moreover, most of the english teachers had very positive attitudes towards employing a lesson plan. they believed that a suitable, detailed, flexible lesson plan can control their time, effort, and increase management of class and materials. the findings of this study could have implications for teachers and teacher trainers to educate the prospective teachers and increase the use of lesson plans in the efl classes.