Volume 6, Issue 10 (October 2019), Pages: 32-37

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Teachers' perspective of 21st century learning skills in Malaysian ESL classrooms

 Author(s): Maizatulliza Muhamad *, Goh Hock Seng

 Affiliation(s):

 Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Languages and Communication, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1905-5082

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2019.10.006

 Abstract:

The introduction of 21^st century learning skills in the Malaysian education system requires the teachers to learn and adapt new knowledge. The success of the implementation of the new skills depends on the teachers' views and willingness to accommodate them into their practices. Thus, this research seeks to examine teachers' perspectives on 21^st century learning skills in English as a second language classrooms. 291 English language teachers in Malaysia were surveyed using a questionnaire designed to elicit teachers' responses on various aspects related to 21^st century learning skills. The results of the study highlighted important insights on aspects such as teachers' knowledge, perceived use, benefits and challenges of 21^st century learning in Malaysian ESL classrooms. The findings indicate the need for further exposure to 21^st century learning construct so the implementation would be more effective. 

 © 2019 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: 21st century learning skills, ESL,English language teaching and learning 

 Article History: Received 23 April 2019, Received in revised form 22 July 2019, Accepted 23 July 2019

 Acknowledgement:

This work is part of a research funded by Metrology Corporation Malaysia Sdn. Bhd, supported by the Research Management and Innovation Centre, Sultan Idris Education University.

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 Conflict of interest:  The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Muhamad M and Seng GH (2019). Teachers' perspective of 21st century learning skills in Malaysian ESL classrooms. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 6(10): 32-37

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