DEVELOPING LIFE SKILLS IN PRE-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING

Abstract

This article is focused on studying the importance of developing life skills in pre-service teacher training and identifying strategies for their implementing.The notion of ‘life skills’ has been defined. The importance of life skills development has been proved. The four major skills for life identified by Partnership for 21st Century Skills (creativity and innovation, critical thinking and problem-solving, communication and collaboration) have been focused on in the article. Pre-service teachers’readiness to develop these skills in their perspective students has been highlighted.The strategiesand examples of possible activities for implementing life skills in educational process have been provided. The PRESETT Curriculum on Methodology (2020) was thoroughly analysed in order to see how well pre-service teachers of English are trained fordeveloping life skills in their perspective students. The Curriculum has been concludedto be effective in training pre-service teachers of English to life skills development.