TITLE:
Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Stratified College English Courses: Experiences of Teachers in a Large University in China
AUTHORS:
Ying Huang, Bin Wu
KEYWORDS:
Critical Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking Dispositions, Stratified College English, Second Language Teaching
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.11 No.7,
July
16,
2020
ABSTRACT: Implementing critical thinking skills in education has long been the focus ofeducational reforms. Collecting data from semi-structured interviews and classobservations, the current study investigated the teaching techniques (the exposure of students to authentic situation or problems, opportunity for dialogue, and mentoring) on critical thinking employed by teachers of English instratified college English courses in the context of China. Data analysis showedthat the techniques could be appropriately applied to the instruction of critical thinking skills for students with various language competences, and would help develop students’ critical thinking dispositions besides language enhancement. Such findings could shed light on the teaching techniques of critical thinking in the context of stratified college English teaching.