FOSTERING LMD ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS’ SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES AS A WAY TO FACE NEW CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION

Abstract

There is a growing debate at present time on the necessity and importance of incorporating what is often referred to as Twenty First Century Skills and Competencies that are attitudes and abilities required to be developed in different learning situations. Indeed, they are necessary requirements for future employability and are seen as essential components completing and reinforcing traditional basic academic skills. For example, planning and objectives-setting, collaborating and communicating, persistence, flexibility and initiative-taking, would help to make students successful academically, in their future professional orientations, and even socially. Fostering skills and competencies would undoubtedly contribute to making our students handle and deal with knowledge in a more effective, reflective and productive manner.