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Facilitating Chinese EFL Learners’ Critical Thinking Skills: The Contributions of Teaching Strategies
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| Author | Wang, Sheng Seepho, Sirinthorn |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | Many teaching strategies have been used to promote the development of critical thinking skills, among which the most frequently used are group discussion, concept mapping, and analytical questioning. The study aims to explore learners’ voice and learning experience in the pedagogical contributions of these strategies to the development of critical thinking skills in Chinese EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners. One full university class was chosen as the sample in the instruction of critical thinking skills and to take part in a learner voice survey, among which 15 participants were chosen by purposeful sampling for semistructured interviews. The instruction of critical thinking was embedded in an English reading class by using the three teaching strategies, during which four interviews were conducted for each critical thinking skill. After the instruction of critical thinking skills was completed, all participants were surveyed with the learner voice questionnaire. The results show that participants thought the three teaching strategies could improve critical thinking skills. Each teaching strategy made unique and specific contributions to the development of critical thinking skills. These findings have pedagogical implications for using these teaching strategies in the instruction of critical thinking skills in Chinese EFL learners. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2158244017734024?download=true |
| ISSN | 21582440 |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 7 |
| Journal | SAGE Open (SGO) |
| e-ISSN | 21582440 |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244017734024 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications CA |
| Publisher Date | 2017-09-27 |
| Publisher Place | Los Angeles |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2017 |
| Subject Keyword | analytical questioning pedagogical contributions critical thinking skills Chinese EFL learner group discussion concept mapping |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Arts and Humanities Social Sciences |
