Material Development in Indonesian Language Teaching as General Course Based on the Century Learning Paradigm in Career and Life Skills (CLS) Aspect

Preparing students to be skilled in work in the 21st century and able to connect a skill in 21st century teaching/ Partnership for Teaching 21st Century Skill (P21) this articulates that students are expected to become successful individual citizens in working in the 21st. This 21st century paradigm is indispensable to ensure that at graduation students must be able to prepare themselves for work and other skills most in demand in the 21st century, namely career and life skills (CLS). This research will find and develop language teaching materials consisting of aspects of skills; listening, speaking, reading and writing, and linguistic aspects; such as grammar, vocabulary, language awareness, and language for cultural togetherness, and combining career and life skills (CLS) aspects consisting of leadership, initiative, flexibility, accountability, adaptation, social and cross-cultural skills, productivity and efficiency. Conclusion: (i) the content of Indonesian language teaching materials must adjust to the times; (ii) the teaching materials used today still have deficiencies in the aspects of content. Research suggestions: (i) teaching materials must be able to provide learning experiences and have an impact on graduates in their careers and lives, (ii) this research can be used as a reference in conducting development research. Keywords—Indonesian language teaching materials; new paradigm of 21st century learning; career and life skills