On Cultivating Critical Thinking Skills Related to College Oral English Teaching
Author(s): YANG Bo
Pages: 66-69
Year: 2015 Issue: 8
Journal: Journal of Weinan Teachers College
Keyword: college English; oral English teaching; critical thinking skills;
Abstract: Recently,cultivating critical thinking skills has become an important goal of higher education.In the process of oral English teaching,college students ' thinking ability is usually weak,which has a negative effect on their oral English.According to the conceptual framework of critical thinking skills,the cultivation of them should start with both affective dispositions and cognitive skills:to enhance students ' self-confidence and to create a good classroom atmosphere which ensures their affective dispositions can smoothly develop;and then apply questioning guidance,speech and debate to improve their cognitive skills such as analysis,infer-ence and evaluation.
Pages: 66-69
Year: 2015 Issue: 8
Journal: Journal of Weinan Teachers College
Keyword: college English; oral English teaching; critical thinking skills;
Abstract: Recently,cultivating critical thinking skills has become an important goal of higher education.In the process of oral English teaching,college students ' thinking ability is usually weak,which has a negative effect on their oral English.According to the conceptual framework of critical thinking skills,the cultivation of them should start with both affective dispositions and cognitive skills:to enhance students ' self-confidence and to create a good classroom atmosphere which ensures their affective dispositions can smoothly develop;and then apply questioning guidance,speech and debate to improve their cognitive skills such as analysis,infer-ence and evaluation.
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