REALITY OF APPLYING SOFT SKILLS AND SOLUTIONS FOR INTERGRATING SOFT SKILLS INTO TEACHING SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AT TRA VINH UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The paper presents the survey results from 152 students from the first year to the fourth year on the situation of applying soft skills and solutions for integrating soft skills into teaching specialized knowledge at Tra VinhUniversity. The results indicate that students of different training years have different concerns about soft skills. Besides, the survey results also show that the classroom environment is the initial choice of students that needs soft skills (over 60%). In terms of possibility of integrating soft skills, soft skills are gradually accumulated overtime of training since students study from the first to the fourth year. The survey results also present that the integration of soft skills into teaching will create more inspiration, make the class atmosphere more lively, make it easier for students to absorb the course content, give students more opportunities to practice soft skills. The objective of this paper is to provide information on the current situation of applying soft skills and propose some solutions to integrate soft skills into teaching specialized knowledge in order to develop potential, creation, professional skills, capacity in the community and the ability of labor market integration for graduated students.