USE OF TED TALKS MEDIA CONTENT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SOFT SKILLS AT FOREIGN LANGUAGES CLASSES IN A NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY

The article deals with the organization of the process of teaching foreign languages in a non-linguistic university in order to develop soft skills; a terminological analysis of the concept of "soft skills" is carried out, its classification characteristics are given, and the linguistic and methodological potential of TED Talks media content is determined. The author pays special attention to the development and description of a communication-oriented methodology for working with materials from the TED Talks service in order to develop soft skills in foreign language classes at a non-linguistic university.