The role of soft skills formation among foreign language teachers

Abstract

In the 21st century, in the era of globalization, modern teachers, in order to successfully
implement their professional activities, need additional skills, so-called «soft skills», without, which even the best professional, nowadays cannot achieve a good result. In accordance with the purpose and objectives of this research, there was investigated and determined the level of soft skills among foreign language teachers of the Akmola region. In order to determine the soft skills, which are related to the teachers’ professional competence, there was conducted a questionnaire survey in “Google form” consisting of 16 questions. The total number of respondents was 363 teachers from different districts of the Akmola region. As part of the research, the survey participants were asked
to answer questions about the “soft skills” definition and concept. The results of our study revealed an insufficient level of soft skills among 74% of the respondents, which suggests the analysis and adjustment of educational programs for the training of foreign language teachers.