Mapping life Skills Development for the Language Classroom: Observations and Reflections

Abstract

The development of life skills is currently the primary goal of school education. 
Students‘ holistic development is facilitated by the development of life skills. Life skills are the 
mixture of thinking skills, emotional skills and social skills that helps the learners accomplish 
their daily requirements. The development of practical life skills is mostly overlooked at the 
school stage. The school places a high value on academic success. In order to prepare students 
to satisfy their own needs and deal with problems on their own, life skills development must be 
addressed at the school stage. The development of life skills is substandard at the school stage. 
Life skills development takes place as a separate course during the school years. However, the 
development of life skills should be interwoven with other educational subjects. Student life skills 
can be developed through the use of language. The classroom is the most easily accessible 
location for students, and it is where they spend the most of their time at school. Language 
classroom can be a most appropriate place for developing life skills among students. In view of 
the present context, this chapter is through light on concept of life skills including essential life 
skills for learners, need of developing life skills through language and exemplar life skills-based 
activities in language, transfer of life skills through language.