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1、TheSoftSkillsofBusinessEnglishTheSoftSkillsofBusinessEnglishByDrGoeranNieragden,CologneAbstractThisarticledealswiththeimportanceoftherecentnotionofsoftskillsforwork-relatedlanguagecoaching,especiallyitsroleinBusinessEnglish.Itisarguedthatsoftskillsformnotonlyacrucialan
2、dincreasinglyimportanttopicincareersandcareernegotiations,butarealsopartandparcelofadultlanguagetuitionwhichtriestotakeseriouslylearners’’(andteacher’’s)personalities.BothanumberofgeneralprinciplesandconcreteexamplesofmakingSoftSkills‘‘work’’intheclass-roomarediscussed
3、.Whataresoftskills?NotnormallyfoundonaCV,soft,orsocialskillsarethosepersonalvaluesandinterpersonalskillsthatdetermineaperson’’sabilitytofitintoaparticularstructure,suchasaprojectteam,arockgroup,oracompany.Theskillsincludepersonalitytraitslikeemotionalmaturity,eagerness
4、tolearn,andwillingnesstoshareandembracenewideas.Asregardsthefutureofwork,softskillsarefastbecomingthedealbreakerinmanyoftoday’’shiringdecisions.Executives,afterall,arerarelymeasuredaccordingtohowwelltheycanre-iteratethetechnicalspecificationsoftheirproductsandservices,
5、butratherontheirabilitytomotivateanorganization,toassesstheperformanceoftheirstaff,tomakeclearandwell-balanceddecisions,and,firstandforemost,theirabilitytodevelopandcommunicateideasandvisions.Alistofthemostcrucialskillswouldlooksomethinglikethefollowing:Interactionatti
6、tudeawarenessconflicthandlingco-operationdiversitytolerance(n)etiquetteinterlocutororientationteamworkwillingnessCommunicationdelegatingskillslisteningskillspresentationskillsSelf-Managementcompensationstrategiesdecisionmakinglearningwillingnessself-assessmentself-disc
7、iplineself-marketingstressresistanceOrganizationproblemsolvingsystemsthinkingtroubleshootingFigure1:Softskillsinfourcategories(1)Thoughthetotalof20skillsisgroupedunderfourheadingstheyare,ofcourse,allcloselyinterrelated:‘‘Learningwillingness’’,e.g.,isdifficulttomanifest
8、ifyour‘‘timemanagement’’doesnotwork.Anditisalsotruethatsoftskillsarenotexactly‘‘easy’’;iftheywere,itwouldbeeasytoteac