4C Skills’ Integration in English Teaching Documents Used in EFL Classroom

This content analysis research highlights 4Cs skills’ integration as a part of 21st Century skills that characterizes the quality of English teaching materials in higher education institutions. This research was grounded from teaching documents obtained from the eight English lecturers in a university in Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia. This research had been conducted from February until July, 2022. The research data was English teaching documents (teaching syllabus and semester tests) with 4C skills’ integration. There were 16 collected teaching documents consisting of 8 teaching syllabus and 8 semester tests.
The checklist of 4Cs rubric covers “Communication”, “Creativity”, “Critical Thinking”, and “Collaboration” was adapted from the CTE Career Ready Practices and used to
analyze English teaching documents. This research reveals the integration of 4Cs skills analyzed from teachers’ teaching syllabus reached the levels of “Meet Competency” and semester tests documents had integrated 4C skills in “Approaching competency” levels. This portrait represents teachers’ adequate understanding of 4Cs skills. The further
research should undergo an in-depth study pertaining to how English teachers develop classroom environments with 21st-Century skills containing 4C skills’ integration in EFL classroom teaching and learning activities.