TEACHERS’ IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES OF 21ST CENTURY SKILLS IN TEACHING ENGLISH AT SMP UNISMUH MAKASSAR

Abstract

This research aims to find out teachers’ understanding toward 21^st century skills and English teachers’ implementation of 21^st century skills in English language teaching. The researcher conducted this research at SMP Unismuh Makassar. The method of this research is descriptive-qualitative research. The research instruments employed were an observation and semi structure interview. The data were collected using observation sheets and interview technique. The research participants were English teachers at SMP Unismuh Makassar. The results of this study indicated that majority of teachers at SMP Unismuh Makassar have high understanding toward 21^st century skills and the research shown that the implementation of 21^st century skills in teaching learning has been carried out properly by teachers. All skills had been implemented, but the Citizenship skill had not been. It is because several teachers don’t understand how to implement it in school.