Humanistic approach of language teaching to soft skills

“People rise because of their hard skills and fall because of the lack of soft skills”.

Today, the topmost objective of all English language teachers is to give the learners the much needed four language skills (LSRW) i.e., Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing for an effective communication and also for the mastery of a language. Many research studies conducted also found that the need for socio -life skills is greater than the need for techno management skills.

‘Soft Skills’ play a significant role in one's success in life particularly in one's profession. Soft Skills are like one of the sides of a coin to be used to hold an opportunity. The global need of soft skills depends on ‘positive attitude’, ‘communication’, ‘problem – solving’, ‘time management’, ‘team – spirit’, ‘self –confidence’, ‘handle criticism’, ‘flexibility’, ‘withstand pressure’ and ‘good work ethics’ and so on…

‘Humanistic Approach’ of language teaching like a) Community Language Learning (CLL) and b) Total Physical Response (TPR) activities would surely serve the language learners to acquire and to exhibit the progress of an effective soft skills through some strategies or practices to be followed in the classroom and also even in non-classroom environment.