| Title: | Improving Students’ Employability Chances - Foreign Language Trainers’ Role |
| Author: | Lucia-Mihaela Grosu |
| Publication: | Diversité et identité culturelle en Europe, X (2), p. 67 |
| p-ISSN: | 2067-0931 |
| Publisher: | Editura Muzeul Literaturii Române |
| Place: | București |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | This article discusses the need for educators in business schools to become more involved in discovering and cultivating not only hard skills, but also soft skills, in order to prepare students to meet the requirements of their potential employers. At the level of business undergraduate studies in Romania, educational activities focusing on soft skills (such as intercultural communication, positive attitude, flexibility) become essential for increasing students’ employability chances. Foreign language teachers who use a communicative teaching method are specifically involved in such activities. But do these courses cover the entire range of top soft skills required by business executives? What is done in the classroom and what can be improved? The present study will attempt to find the answers to these questions and to formulate suggestions for a more focused approach to soft skills development through foreign language courses. |
| Key words: | Employability, soft skills, intercultural communication |
| Language: | English |
| Links: |  pdf  html |
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