scholarly journals On the Cultivation of Critical thinking ability in College English Class

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-185
Author(s):  
Nan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
College English ◽  
Critical Thinking Ability ◽  
English Class ◽  
Thinking Ability

scholarly journals The Influence of PBL Teaching Mode on Critical Thinking Ability for Non-English Majors under Network Environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 228 ◽  
pp. 05022
Author(s):  
Ying Wang
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Test Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Mode ◽  
College English ◽  
Critical Thinking Ability ◽  
Thinking Ability ◽  
English Majors ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Section Result

In order to explore the effect of PBL teaching mode on the cultivation of critical thinking ability for non-English majors, this paper uses case analysis method to explain the process of applying PBL teaching mode to non-English Majors’ College English course teaching, namely, preparation questions stage before class, classroom activity stage and classroom reflection section. Result: before teaching, there was no statistical difference between the two groups of students’ CTDI-CV score and the scores of each item (P > 0.05). After teaching, the total scores of CTDI-CV items in the test group were higher than those in the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The experiment shows that the PBL teaching mode is superior to the LBL teaching mode, which is conducive to improving students’ critical thinking ability.

scholarly journals A Study on the Cultivation of Critical Thinking Ability of English Majors

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 349
Author(s):  
Zhen Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Student Evaluation ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
College English ◽  
Critical Thinking Ability ◽  
Thinking Ability ◽  
English Majors ◽  
Innovation Ability

The critical thinking ability is the premise and foundation of innovation ability. It is also an important goal of talents training in higher education. College English teaching should not only focus on the cultivation of students’ English knowledge and skills, but also the cultivation of students' critical thinking ability. This article first discusses the connotation of critical thinking ability, followed by theoretical foundation introduction and analysis of the problems of critical thinking cultivation of English majors, and finally puts forward the countermeasures of cultivating students' critical thinking from the following eight aspects: paying attention to classroom questioning skills, changing the classroom teaching mode, creating relaxing teaching atmosphere, building a new student evaluation system, designing the classroom teaching reasonably and improving teachers' critical thinking ability and raising students' awareness of critical thinking ability self training, adopting PBL teaching method, in order to effectively cultivate students' independent thinking and judgment ability, and to better improve the teaching effect of college English.

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