Analysis of English Teachers’ Professional Competence in 21st Century Learning

As the world changing rapidly, new model of learning in 21st century emerge and should be mastered by teachers. However, in the implementation, English teachers are still lack of knowledge and competence regarding to 21st learning whereas teachers is the agent of change to improve their professionalism continously in facing the alteration.This research was conducted to formulate the indicators of English teachers’ professional competence in 21st century and analyze the teachers’ effort in contributing 21st century English learning. From the result, some effors can be implemented by English teachers to improve their professional competence such as reading books, journal articles, and research findings, conducting research, participating in workshop, participating in MGMP’s activity, continuing education, expanding knowledge through digital media and the school’s quality. However, the result showed that the highest percentage. English teachers attend workshops/seminars in increasing professionalism by 15%. Then, 13% of English teachers understand the results of research on 21st century skills and some teachers use the internet to increase professionalism by 12%. 2% of English teachers conduct research on 21st century skills.Thus, it indicated that the indicators can be used as the teacher’ self-assesment in 21st century learning and some ways can be adapted by teachers.