Place of Critical Thinking in EFL

Autor/in	Tosuncuoglu, Irfan
Titel	Place of Critical Thinking in EFL
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 7 (2018) 4, S.26-32 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Teaching Methods; Problem Solving; Decision Making; Skill Development; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Creative Thinking; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; College Students; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; Denkfähigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Problemlösen; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Kreatives Denken; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Collegestudent; Türkei
Abstract	Developing the ability to think critically is vital component of real, meaningful teaching and learning. Critical thinking helps us solve problems, make decisions and reach our goals. Thinking is not a passive but an active process. If students' critical thinking skills are activated, for example while writing, very successful results can be attained. It can be said that critical thinking can be considered in two respects: to achieve a goal and to make a decision. As for teaching, there is very little evidence that students at universities acquire the skills of critical thinking in their learning and teaching activities. In accordance with its important place of in learning and teaching periods, it has been a concept recently highlighted in the field of EFL, like in many other fields of education such as mathematics, history and geography. The skill of critical thinking plays a great role and it has been accepted as an important step in every area of teaching and learning, particularly nowadays due to developments cognition and intelligence. So, in order to understand the awareness of the students for critical thinking, an experiment was performed in the fall of AY 2017-18, with 79 students in Karabuk University, Turkey. In this study, the significance of critical thinking and result of the experiments were discussed in detail, it also shed light on the students' perceptions of it. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01