The rеlevance of soft skіlls formatіon in studеnts studying two forеign languagеs

Abstract

Nowadays, in the era of globalization, soft skills are seen as a prerequisite for successful employment and professional success for every educated person. These skills will stay with a person forever and will be relevant throughout his/her life. The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance and benefits of developing soft skills such as creativity, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, leadership, communication, self-confidence, teamwork, time management in bilingual students, which provide professional training aimed at cooperation, creativity, innovation, critical and analytical thinking and the ability to solve problems in a non-standard and effective way for national development. As well as the practical significance of including the soft skills' development in foreign language programs. The relevance of which reflects modern requirements for students and their capabilities in the international environment. Thus determines the novelty, which has a significant impact on the methodology of teaching foreign languages in the context of modern education.

In this regard, we conducted a scientific research, the purpose and objectives of which were to determine the level of soft skills proficiency among students from three higher educational institutions of Akmola region, studying in the educational program «Foreign Language: Two Foreign Languages». The number of respondents amounted to 200 people who were surveyed in the software «Google-Form». The results of which revealed an insufficiently high level of these skills due to the fact that not always successfully apply them in practice, which is the justification of the relevance of soft skills’ development in future foreign language teachers in higher education, as they provide students with a number of advantages and opportunities in the modern world both at the professional and personal level.