TRAINING SOFT SKILLS – FROM PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE TO RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF SOFT SKILLS INTO TEACHING SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE

Abstract

Preparing soft skills for students has been being a matter of great concern to both society and the education industry. Soft skills are an essential factor for the success and happiness of each individual. Many decades ago,  the weakness of soft skills of Vietnamese students have been warned by educational organizations, businesses and domestic and foreign experts. Although knowledge that is considered as a necessary condition during the learning process; it is still not a sufficient condition for students who want to get a desired job. Nowadays, softskills training activities are quite popular in almost universities and it is one of requirements for student’s  graduation. However, these training activities are different in each university. In this study, from the practical experience in training soft skills of other universities, the authors recommend some basic solutions for  integrating soft skills into main subjects in the specialized knowledge teaching process.