中考英语阅读理解题目对批判性思维的考查及其对阅读教学的启示

Investigating How Critical Thinking Was Examined in Reading Comprehension Questions in Senior High School Entrance Examination and Its Implication for Reading Instruction

近年来,对批判性思维的研究已经成为国内外教育界的热点问题,其成果正逐渐运用到英语阅读教学中。本文从批判性思维的理论概述谈起,界定符合初中生批判性思维培养的具体技能,并通过详细分析2016—2020年北京市高级中等学校招生考试中的阅读理解试题,发现其中大量题目都渗透了对学生批判性思维能力的考查。最后,本文依据中考对教学的反拨作用,探讨了如何在英语阅读教学中培养学生的批判性思维能力。

In recent years,the research on critical thinking by both domestic and foreign scholars has become a hot issue in the educational field,and its findings are gradually applied to the English reading teaching.Starting from critical thinking theories,this article defines the specific skills essential for junior high students,and analyzes the reading comprehension test questions in the 2016-2020 senior high school entrance examinations of Beijing in detail.It is found that a large number of the questions were designed to examine students’critical thinking ability.This article also explores how to cultivate students’critical thinking ability in English reading teaching regarding the backwash effect of the senior high school entrance examination.