CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND MEANING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
Many ELT experts believe that the inclusion of critical thinking skills in English classes is necessary to improve students’ English competence. Students’ critical thinking skills will be optimally increased if meaning is prioritized in English lessons. Those two inter-related elements can be implem...
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doaj-ebba329459104e0889f107d83363c74d2020-12-09T15:02:20ZengAssociation for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN)TEFLIN Journal0215-773X2356-26412011-07-0122218520010.15639/teflinjournal.v22i2/185-20022CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND MEANING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHINGHarits Masduqi0The University of Sydney, Universitas Negeri MalangMany ELT experts believe that the inclusion of critical thinking skills in English classes is necessary to improve students’ English competence. Students’ critical thinking skills will be optimally increased if meaning is prioritized in English lessons. Those two inter-related elements can be implemented when teachers do collaborative activities stimulating students’ thinking process and meaning negotiation. Yet, the realization might be counter-productive if they are applied without careful consideration of task purposes and of students’ roles. Based on the consideration, this paper is focused on presenting how critical thinking skills and meaning should be properly incorporated in an English lesson.http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal/article/view/26critical thinking, critical thinking skills, meaning, collaborative activities |
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CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND MEANING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING |
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CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND MEANING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING |
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CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND MEANING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING |
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CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND MEANING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING |
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critical thinking skills and meaning in english language teaching |
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Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN) |
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TEFLIN Journal |
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Many ELT experts believe that the inclusion of critical thinking skills in English classes is necessary to improve students’ English competence. Students’ critical thinking skills will be optimally increased if meaning is prioritized in English lessons. Those two inter-related elements can be implemented when teachers do collaborative activities stimulating students’ thinking process and meaning negotiation. Yet, the realization might be counter-productive if they are applied without careful consideration of task purposes and of students’ roles. Based on the consideration, this paper is focused on presenting how critical thinking skills and meaning should be properly incorporated in an English lesson. |
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critical thinking, critical thinking skills, meaning, collaborative activities |
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