Ключевые слова: навыки 21 века, общение, сотрудничество, критическое мышление,
творчество, анализ учебного пособия, оценка, учебные пособия по ELT.
Introduction In this fast-moving world, society and technol
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ogy has undergone considerable developments and
changes. Technological developments have caused a
significant number of jobs to be done by the robots
and machines, as a result of which 800 million glob
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al workers will be under the threat of losing their
jobs by 2030 (Global Institute Report, 2017:67) [1].
Therefore, the skills distinguishing people from
robots have been a matter of discussion in the field
of education as well as in the business world and
herewith a great deal of attention has recently been
drawn to the term ‘21st Century Skills’ by educa
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tors and researchers. Some discussions have initi
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ated integrating ‘21st Century Skills’ into the con
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text of English language teaching as well (Bouzid,
2016:98; Heinrich, 2015:10; Nunan, 2012:25; Sun,
2016:56) [2,3,4,5].
English, being a global language and gaining
greater importance as a school subject in Kazakh
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stan, might have a leading role to help develop these
skills of the students. However, considering the fact
that most teachers in Kazakhstan take the course
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books as basis of their teaching, the textbooks de
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signed to teach English language have a significant
influence on developing and fostering 21st Century
Skills. In this study, the 4Cs of 21st Century Skills,
namely, ‘Communication’, ‘Collaboration’, ‘Criti
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cal Thinking’ and ‘Creativity’ will be analysed in
ELT coursebooks.
Purpose of the study The purpose of this study is to review and
analyse the coursebooks designed for English lan
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guage teaching purposes in terms of the inclusion
of the 4Cs (Communication, Collaboration, Critical
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Thinking, Creativity) of 21st Century skills in the
syllabus.