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Critical Thinking Skills

in ELT Yesmambetova KaznaSchool-Lyceum No.3

Kyzylorda

What is Critical Thinking

Components of Critical Thinking

Steps of Critical Thinking

Application of CT in EFL classroom4

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Contents

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5 Challenges & Possible solutions

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of

courage – to move in the opposite direction.”

Albert Einstein

Quotation

Components of Critical Thinking

Theory Theory

Practice Practice

Attitudes Attitudes

We can apply such theoretical knowledge through constant practice. In the human mind, memory and understanding are acquired through

making connections between ideas.

It would be useful to know something about what not to do if we want to reason correctly. This means we should have some basic

knowledge of the mistakes that people make.

Good critical thinking skills require not just knowledge and practice. Persistent practice can bring about improvements only if one has

the right kind of motivation and attitude.

Steps of Critical Thinking

Step 1: Remembering

Step 5: Evaluating

Step 3: Applying

Step 4: Analyzing

You can have students collaborate

in pairs or groups

Students can ask and answer questions in set formats and also describe things and

situations.

Have students swap their Step 4 masterpieces with

other students.

Give students some new vocabulary and

have them create their own

descriptions and questions & answers

of the subject.

Students have to be able to recall verbs, nouns,

adjectives, adverbs, etc.

Give students the ability to be able to describe and

compare certain subjects.

Step 6: Creating

Step 2: Understand

ing

STEPS

Most of the students focus on linguistic factors; rather than higher level of

thinking.

a far-reaching goal

guided by testing

highly challenging courses

Teachers in Kazakhstan tend to teach what are likely to be asked in the examinations;

rather than what are important for learners to learn.

Courses to be taught and learnt are highly challenging both in terms of

length and contents.

• ContentsIn course of implementation, few challenges can easily be envisioned, which need to be faced by all teachers of English collaboratively.

Challenges in Critical Thinking

Possible Solutions

Possible

Solutions of

Critical Thinking

• Solution 1

Both the teachers and students should be crystal clear about the fact that language is

not used in vacuum.

• Solution 2

The critical thinking strategies if applied properly will stimulate learners to develop

higher levels of thinking and make them feel like expressing, sharing, etc.

• Solution 3

All the strategies to be used in critical thinking enhance learner-centeredness.

• Solution 4Key stakeholders should collaborate and take

initiatives to make textbooks, exam papers and teaching learning activities critical

thinking friendly.

Comments

This article helps you to have more idea about the critical thinking and its components.

Critical thinking is one of the most thought provoking methods of teaching, which can be implemented in any discipline. This methodology can be applied in teaching English as a foreign language, regardless of their English level. The implementation of critical thinking can help learners bring about positive changes in the ways they think and expand the horizons of their knowledge. Therefore, if it is implanted in ESL classrooms, the learners will not only build up communicative competence in English, but also intellectual traits.

Reading: Cell phone history

• Questions:

1. Where was the first cell phone made?

2. Who invented it?

3. When was it invented?

4. How was the first cell phone called?

7 questions with mobile phones

1.Cooper made the first public phone call walking along Sixth Avenue in New York City on 3 April 1973. Whom did he ring?

a) His wife

b) His boss

c) His rival

2. Ten years later the world’s first commercial handled mobile phone went on sale for $3,995. How much heavier than the world’s thinnest 3G mobile was it?

a) Three times

b) Eleven times

c) Eighteen times

3. The first text message was sent by a 22year old engineer more than 20 years ago. What did it say?

a) Happy Easter

b) Merry Christmas

c) Hello world

7 questions with mobile phones4.The Nokia tune is still the most recognized mobile ringtone. What’s its origin?

a) A composition by a Spanish classical guitarist

b) An oboe concerto by Handel

c) A computer-generated tune by Nokia

5. Philippe Kahn is credited with creating the first camera phone and transmitting the first publicly shared photo in 1997. What was the photo of?

a) His daughter

b) His dog

c) His hand

6. The most expensive telephone number sold at auction cost 10 million. What was the number?

a) 11-11-11-11

b) 5537-8008

c) 666-6666

7. Many associate modern phones with apps. When is the OED’s first recorded use of the word?

a) 1985

b) 1998

c) 2007

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