Student-centered Learning (Part 1/5: New Paradigm in Language Teaching and 21st Century Skills) Made Hery Santosa mhsantosa@undiksha.ac.id Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha Picture 1. Less Us, More Them In the 21 st century era where rapid developments take place in many sectors, including English education, meaningful engagement to recent changes in the language teaching paradigm and participation in the global roles are strongly encouraged. The purpose of education is to prepare the younger generation to be able to face and overcome challenges, and take role in the global world. Various efforts have been made to reform the education system so that it is more focused on active involvement of students in building knowledge, attitudes and behavior where teachers are shifted more into facilitators in the learning process (Santosa, 2019). This learning is no longer focused on teachers (teacher-centered learning) but becomes student-centered learning (student-centered learning). Student-centered learning is not a new approach in the educational field in the world, but it relatively new in the Indonesian educational system. It is coined with the implementation of the 2013 curriculum earlier that attempts to provide students more opportunities and