The Interrelationship among Critical Thinking, Writing an Argumentative Essay in an L2 and Their Subskills

Autor/inn/en	Soodmand Afshar, Hassan; Movassagh, Hossein; Radi Arbabi, Hassan
Titel	The Interrelationship among Critical Thinking, Writing an Argumentative Essay in an L2 and Their Subskills
Quelle	In: Language Learning Journal, 45 (2017) 4, S.419-433 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-1736
DOI	10.1080/09571736.2017.1320420
Schlagwörter	Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Essays; Persuasive Discourse; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Writing Skills; Foreign Countries; Measures (Individuals); Cognitive Tests; Correlation; College Students; Majors (Students); Translation; Language Tests; Multiple Regression Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Iran; California Critical Thinking Skills Test (College); International English Language Testing System + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; Denkfähigkeit; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Ausland; Messdaten; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Korrelation; Collegestudent; Language test; Sprachtest; Statistische Analyse; Language tests; Englisch
Abstract	This study investigated the relationship between critical thinking and the writing ability of Iranian EFL learners, and the interrelationship among the subskills of the two constructs. Furthermore, it aimed at finding which skills of critical thinking predicted the participants' writing ability. To this end, 104 students majoring in English Language took the California Critical Thinking Skills Test and the Writing section of the IELTS test which required them to develop a piece of argumentative writing. Their writings were scored by two experts against the four subskills dictated by the IELTS test rubrics. The results indicated a significant correlation between critical thinking and writing ability of the participants. Moreover, among the subskills of writing ability, only "organisation" was correlated with certain subskills of critical thinking. The results of multiple regression analysis revealed that among the five components of critical thinking, "analysis" and "evaluation" turned out to be stronger predictors of writing ability. (As Provided).
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