Investigating the twenty-first century skills integration in the EFL second generation textbooks

Abstract EN

Algeria has made reforms on its educational programs in an attempt to meet the requirements of the globalized world.

this study aimed to find out the 21st century skills encompassed in the Algerian middle school English textbooks.

in addition, it tried to gain insights into the ways in which the existing skills were integrated there.

content analysis was employed to scrutinize the second generation fourth-year middle school textbook of English.

the partnership for 21st century learning framework (P 21) was selected as a checklist to evaluate the textbook in that perspective.

the findings revealed unbalanced presence of the 21st century skills in the three sequences of the textbook.

they also indicated that learning and innovation skills have a significant presence along with life and career skills.

the textbook, however, fails to provide sufficient materials and topics for developing technological literacy skills.