SOFT SKILLS FORMATION BY INDUCTIVE METHOD OF GRAMMAR TEACHING AT A NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY

The article discusses the potential of inductive approach to grammar teaching at a non-linguistic university from the point of view of students' soft skills formation. The modern higher education system differs greatly from that of the pre-Bologna Process period. Fundamental knowledge nowadays is not enough to get a well-paid and perspective job. Employers pay much attention to soft skills of employees: problem-solving skills, adaptability and flexibility, team-work skills, responsibility, analytical and interpersonal skills. Foreign language is one of the few university subjects which gives both teachers and students the opportunity of soft skills formation, especially in the process of inductive grammar mastering. Though deductive grammar teaching is widely used in university training in the framework of the cognitive-practical method, it is less productive in the development of analytical and creative thinking of students as well as in the formation of such soft skills as problem solving, team work and leadership skills. An experiment was carried out in St. Petersburg Forest Technical University to find out the opportunities of soft skills formation with the help of inductive grammar teaching method.