Abstract

Training soft skills for students is one of the important tasks of universities in Vietnam today. For foreign language students, soft skills are especially important in communication and future work. If lecturers know how to apply active teaching methods to design diverse types of practice exercises, stimulating students' interest, initiative and creative thinking, it will create good opportunities for them to practice and develop their qualities, abilities and skills. Based on clarifying the concept and importance of soft skills, the article emphasizes the role of active learning methods in training soft skills for foreign language students at Quang Binh University, contributing to affirming the educational principle of "learning by doing, learning to apply, learning to be creative in life".

Keywords: Soft skills, foreign language students, active learning methods.