The most important thing of English-learning is the ability of English thinking. And with the help of continuous language information processing and language accumulation, people cultivate their ability of English thi...The most important thing of English-learning is the ability of English thinking. And with the help of continuous language information processing and language accumulation, people cultivate their ability of English thinking, which is the goal of English-learning and English-teaching people. As a high-school English teacher, the author, combining her own class teaching experience in relate to English thinking, uses trial and error tests, investigations, interviews, and other research methods based on high-school students＇ study, to explore the strategies of how to cultivate high-school students＇ ability of English thinking in English classes, and then sum up to get the following article, which is hoped to provide some references to form the English thinking ability of senior high school students展开更多
This paper is a qualitative study of the cultivation of critical thinking skill in college English classrooms in China. Critical thinking has long been recognized as an important part of the curricular framework in ed...This paper is a qualitative study of the cultivation of critical thinking skill in college English classrooms in China. Critical thinking has long been recognized as an important part of the curricular framework in education western countries. However, the instruction of critical thinking has not gained prominence in Chinese universities. The author does research on how to foster students＇ critical thinking skills in the college English classrooms, and proposes some methods and techniques to facilitate the skills： change teachers＇ concept of language teaching, create a flexible atmosphere in the classrooms, teach students how to raise questions, and teach them to express logically.展开更多
Critical thinking ability is the core skill of higher education. How to train the non-English major students＇ critical thinking ability in the English writing instruction plays an important role in the compound perso...Critical thinking ability is the core skill of higher education. How to train the non-English major students＇ critical thinking ability in the English writing instruction plays an important role in the compound personnel training. In this paper, the reading-discussion-writing approach which guarantees the innovative construction of writing is proposed to train college students＇ critical thinking ability, and specific suggestions on the practice are articulated such as designing diversified listening and speaking lead-in activities to activate or supplement the relative notion and background knowledge, using variety of challenging reading-discussion-writing tasks, and conducting mutual evaluation, etc., to let students deeply understand the text through discussion and promote their language competence and writing ability as well as their reflective thinking ability.展开更多
文摘The most important thing of English-learning is the ability of English thinking. And with the help of continuous language information processing and language accumulation, people cultivate their ability of English thinking, which is the goal of English-learning and English-teaching people. As a high-school English teacher, the author, combining her own class teaching experience in relate to English thinking, uses trial and error tests, investigations, interviews, and other research methods based on high-school students＇ study, to explore the strategies of how to cultivate high-school students＇ ability of English thinking in English classes, and then sum up to get the following article, which is hoped to provide some references to form the English thinking ability of senior high school students
文摘This paper is a qualitative study of the cultivation of critical thinking skill in college English classrooms in China. Critical thinking has long been recognized as an important part of the curricular framework in education western countries. However, the instruction of critical thinking has not gained prominence in Chinese universities. The author does research on how to foster students＇ critical thinking skills in the college English classrooms, and proposes some methods and techniques to facilitate the skills： change teachers＇ concept of language teaching, create a flexible atmosphere in the classrooms, teach students how to raise questions, and teach them to express logically.
文摘Critical thinking ability is the core skill of higher education. How to train the non-English major students＇ critical thinking ability in the English writing instruction plays an important role in the compound personnel training. In this paper, the reading-discussion-writing approach which guarantees the innovative construction of writing is proposed to train college students＇ critical thinking ability, and specific suggestions on the practice are articulated such as designing diversified listening and speaking lead-in activities to activate or supplement the relative notion and background knowledge, using variety of challenging reading-discussion-writing tasks, and conducting mutual evaluation, etc., to let students deeply understand the text through discussion and promote their language competence and writing ability as well as their reflective thinking ability.
