Students’ Critical Thinking Skills in a Classroom Debate

Mastering argumentative discourse both in written and oral is a must for students nowadays. However, a successful argumentative discourse requires high thinking order skill such as developing a stance, analyzing arguments, distinguishing facts and opinions, solving problems, comparing and contrastin...

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Main Author: Reli Handayani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Sanata Dharma 2017-01-01
Series:LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching
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Online Access:http://e-journal.usd.ac.id/index.php/LLT/article/view/307
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Summary:Mastering argumentative discourse both in written and oral is a must for students nowadays. However, a successful argumentative discourse requires high thinking order skill such as developing a stance, analyzing arguments, distinguishing facts and opinions, solving problems, comparing and contrasting material, and making inferences. Realizing the importance roles of critical thinking in constructing argumentative discourse, this study focuses on students’ performance in debate specifically argument, counter-argument, and rebuttals. They are chosen since they are always taken into consideration in assessing students’ debate performance.   DOI: https://doi.org/10.24071/llt.2016.190208
ISSN:1410-7201
2579-9533