“…A number of studies have been conducted in order to examine the implementation of Higher Order Thinking Skills in EFL classroom. Researchers investigated how Higher Order Thinking Skills were employed in lesson plan (Haryati et al, 2021;Putri & Sulityaningrum, 2021), the strategies to foster students' Higher Order Thinking Skills (Djami & Kuswandono, 2020;Gozali et al, 2021;Mursyid & Kurniawati, 2019) and Higher Order Thinking Skills in evaluation (Ilham et al, 2020;Musliha et al, 2021;Nada & Melani, 2021;Utami et al, 2019). In Indonesia, the study on the implementation of Higher Order Thinking Skills in three learning stages, preparation, teaching and learning process, and evaluation, is scarce.…”