Implementing “4C’s” in Teaching Writing in Senior High School

Abstract

21 st century skills or known as "4C" (i.e. communication skills, collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving, as well as creativity and innovation) are the skills that senior high school graduates should possess in order to achieve the national education goal, i.e. developing students' potentials in order to be a citizen who is well-mannered, skillful, creative, knowledgeable, independent, and responsible for their own action and behavior. To have those skills, the 2013 Curriculum -the curriculum currently applied in Indonesia, offers various interesting and creative learning models that can be applied by teachers in teaching English. Creative learning is a learning process that requires the teachers to motivate and bring up the students creativity during the learning process, using a variety of learning methods and strategies, such as group work (Cooperative Learning), problem solving (Problem Based Learning), Project Based Learning, and so on. Besides, creative learning also requires teachers to be able to stimulate students to bring creativity, both in the context of creative thinking and in the context of creative in doing things. By implementing creative learning models in teaching English, teachers will also automatically apply and integrate "4C's" or 21st Century skills in teaching and learning English.