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Fostering Critical Thinking Using Instructional Strategies in English Classes

Fostering Critical Thinking Using Instructional Strategies in English Classes

Şenol Orakcı, Mehmet Durnali, Osman Aktan
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781522578291|ISBN10: 1522578293|EISBN13: 9781522578307
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7829-1.ch016
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Orakcı, Şenol, et al. "Fostering Critical Thinking Using Instructional Strategies in English Classes." Handbook of Research on Critical Thinking and Teacher Education Pedagogy, edited by Sandra P.A. Robinson and Verna Knight, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 299-316. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7829-1.ch016

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Orakcı, Ş., Durnali, M., & Aktan, O. (2019). Fostering Critical Thinking Using Instructional Strategies in English Classes. In S. Robinson & V. Knight (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Critical Thinking and Teacher Education Pedagogy (pp. 299-316). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7829-1.ch016

Chicago

Orakcı, Şenol, Mehmet Durnali, and Osman Aktan. "Fostering Critical Thinking Using Instructional Strategies in English Classes." In Handbook of Research on Critical Thinking and Teacher Education Pedagogy, edited by Sandra P.A. Robinson and Verna Knight, 299-316. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7829-1.ch016

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Abstract

The aim of the chapter is to provide both theoretical and practical ideas about critical thinking development within English language teaching contexts. Encouraging language learners to be critical thinkers is important in teaching English as a foreign language. However, achieving the goal remains a challenge. Using various strategies together seem to be effective when properly implemented. Therefore this chapter outlines these strategies which include communicative language tasks, using authentic meaningful texts, using critical literacy, being aware of whole-brain learning, adopting a reflective teaching, enabling students to become autonomous, using explicit instruction, teacher questioning, using active and cooperative learning strategies, using literature in English classes, using creative drama, and adopting self-assessment. Teachers can enable learners to have critical thinking skills and more efficient English lessons by combining these strategies in a new way or by designing critical thinking activities in the classroom.

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