Soft Skills of Philology Student’s Formation in the Interregional Project on Infomedia Literacy

У статті з’ясовано деякі аспекти концепту «м’які навички», висвітлено поточні результати виконання міжрегіонального проєкту «Інфомедійна грамотність студентів-філологів», що його ініціював освітньо-дослідницький центр «МЕДІА&ВЧИТЕЛЬський кампус» кафедри української мови і літератури Сумського державного педагогічного університету імені А. С. Макаренка за участі кафедри сучасної української мови Чернівецького національного університету імені Юрія Федьковича. Зроблено висновок, що проєкт дає змогу оптимізувати процес розвитку м’яких навичок філологів, зокрема формувати інфомедійну грамотність майбутніх учителів української мови і літератури в умовах запровадження змішаного навчання на засадах комунікативної взаємодії.The article uses a set of methods, including analysis, generalization of scientific sources on changes in the educational space of higher education institutions, terminological analysis, pedagogical observation to clarify some aspects of the concept of “soft skills” as a set of superprofessional skills that ensure successful human participation, workflow, constructive behaviour in the communicative field. The cluster analysis of scientific sources and sociological research made it possible to combine soft skills and educational, social, personal and skills of infomedia and digital literacy. It is established that the present component of soft skills of students of philology is infomedia and digital literacy, which following the UNESCO strategy, includes skills of critical thinking, lifelong learning to communicate, find information, determine the reliability of sources using various assessment tools, create technologies, necessary for the implementation of an active civil position. The current results of the interregional project “Infomedia Literacy of Philology Students” of A. S. Makarenko Sumy State Pedagogical University and Y. Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University as a means of forming soft skills of students in the introduction of blended learning. Emphasis is placed on the universal model SAMR (author – American researcher Ruben Puentedura), which covers four levels of the introduction of information technology in the educational process and is generally adequate for the formation of soft skills of future teachers of Ukrainian language and literature in the study of compulsory and elective courses. It is concluded that implementation of the interregional project allows optimizing the process of student’s soft skills formation, in particular, to form the basis of infomedia literacy of future teachers of Ukrainian language and literature based on communicative interaction aimed at personal and professional development. During various webinars, workshops and individual training, participants have the opportunity to choose an individual trajectory of professional development, demonstrate basic cognitive and communicative skills (ability to listen, persuade and argue, give presentations, prepare public speeches, participate in teamwork, etc.), which contribute to the development of relationships with peers and teachers; activate systemic, creative, structural, tactical and strategic thinking