Author(s)

Guangtian Zhang

Center for International Exchange and Education, Baoding University, Baoding, China.

In this present article, I intend to interpret and argue that Critical Literacy or Critical Language Awareness is a meaningful concept for ESL learners to transparently understand and English educators need to apply it in their daily educational practices. Through reviewing the relevant literatures, the theoretical knowledge of Critical Literacy is introduced at first. The second part concentrates on explaining the importance of implementing Critical Literacy in the instruction of ESL. Finally, rooted in former researchers’ findings and argumentations, I elaborate on the analysis of the predictable difficulties and barriers about the cultivation of Critical Literacy for both native and non-native English speakers. In a meanwhile, some suggestive strategies are provided respectfully so as to assist ESL instructors to cope with these problems at the practical stage.

Critical Literacy, Critical Language Awareness, ESL, Learning

Zhang, G. (2015) Learning Critical Literacy in ESL Classrooms. Creative Education, 6, 1316-1321. doi: 10.4236/ce.2015.612131.