TY - JOUR AU - Astrini , Ni Putu AU - Firman, Edi PY - 2021/08/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - EFL Teachers’ Soft-Skill Strategies in Teaching Speaking JF - Borneo Educational Journal (Borju) JA - borju. borneo. educational. j. VL - 3 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.24903/bej.v3i2.780 UR - https://jurnal.fkip-uwgm.ac.id/index.php/Borju/article/view/780 SP - 22-32 AB - <p>Some learners get difficulties in speaking English because of a weak soft-skill they have, such as motivation, social skill, and self-efficacy. Therefore, teachers’ role in &nbsp;embedding soft-skill in teaching speaking is essential because learning success is influenced &nbsp;more by soft-skill than IQ. This study discussed kinds of soft-skills embedded by teachers in teaching speaking. This study uses qualitative analysis approach by using descriptive research design. The data are gained from three English teachers of SMAN 6 MATARAM by observation and interview. The results revealed that there are five kinds of soft--skills embedded by EFL teachers, such as self-perceptions, motivation, creativity, metacognitive and social competencies. Moreover, the steps teacher embed them are by &nbsp;using classroom discussion, giving reward, telling story or information, ordering students to describe a picture in front of class, ordering students to perform dialogue, and sometimes teacher use the same steps in the next meeting if the previous materials have not finished. Those soft-skills contributed to the students’ speaking ability, such as making them more interactive, more communicative and used more various language.</p> ER -