Soft skills development in the English language classroom: students’ perspectives on the problem

- Malykhin, Oleksandr Volodymyrovych (orcid.org/0000-0001-6042-6298), Aristova, Nataliia Oleksandrivna (orcid.org/0000-0002-0943-8039), Kugai, Kseniia Borysivna (orcid.org/0000-0001-9838-904X), Vyshnevska, Maryna (orcid.org/0000-0003-1536-9102) and Makhovych, Inna Anatoliyivna (orcid.org/0000-0002-9804-9085) (2024) Soft skills development in the English language classroom: students’ perspectives on the problem Society. Integration. Education. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, 1. pp. 182-193. ISSN 1691-5887

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Abstract

The present-day globalised world is becoming more dynamic and soft skills become one of the main factors that enable people to participate actively in all aspects of life in it.Moreover, to succeed in personal and professional lives present-day students should be prepared to meet unpredicted challenges that are hard to imagine today. Taking into account the fact that the lists of soft skills are constantly changing and soft skills classifications provided by present-day researchers and practitioners vary greatly, the present research is aimed at finding out students’ perspectives on the importance of soft skills identified by World Economic Forum 2023, on the one hand,and the role of English as a university discipline in soft skills development, on the other hand. To achieve the aim of the study, the researchers developed a questionnaire which included a combination of close-ended and open-ended questions and items on a 5-Likert scale (1 – very unimportant, 2 – unimportant, 3 – neutral, 4 – important, 5 – very important). Data collection lasted for fourmonths and took place in September-December 2023 among students of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design. To select the research sample, the researchers used a convenience sampling technique. The questionnaires were distributed by hand from researchers to first- and second-year students who studied English as a Second Language. The mixed design of research included qualitative and quantitative processing of the data obtained and the data analysis comprised manual calculations.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	English as a Second Language, English as a university discipline, English language classroom, higher education, soft skills, soft skills development, students, university, university discipline
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 37.01/.09 Special auxiliary table for theory, principles, methods and organization of education > 37.02 General questions of didactics and method Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 37.01/.09 Special auxiliary table for theory, principles, methods and organization of education > 37.09 Organization of instruction Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 378 Higher education. Universities. Academic study Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 8 Language. Linguistics. Literature > 81 Linguistics and languages
Divisions:	Institute of Pedagogics > Department of Didactics
Depositing User:	Професор Наталія Олександрівна Арістова
Date Deposited:	31 May 2024 07:17
Last Modified:	31 May 2024 07:17
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/741146

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