A Comparative Study of Critical Thinking Skills between English and Japanese Majors in a Normal University

Autor/inn/en	Zhou, Fenglin; Lin, Yuewu
Titel	A Comparative Study of Critical Thinking Skills between English and Japanese Majors in a Normal University
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 12 (2019) 12, S.30-38 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Critical Thinking; Talent; Thinking Skills; National Standards; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Japanese; Foreign Countries; Metacognition; Undergraduate Students; Majors (Students); Universities; Inferences; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Denkfähigkeit; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Japaner; Japanisch; Ausland; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; University; Universität; Inference; Inferenz
Abstract	Critical thinking is one of the core objectives of talent training in higher education. Meanwhile, the cultivation of critical thinking skills in foreign language teaching has become more and more urgent, and it has also been written into the national standards for the training of foreign language talents. A good critical thinking includes both a skill dimension (Critical Thinking Skills) and a disposition dimension (Critical Thinking Dispositions). Critical Thinking Skills include interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation and self-regulation. This study intends to explore the current situation of the critical thinking skills of undergraduates in foreign language majors (English and Japanese) in a Normal University, and then attempts to find out the similarities and differences in critical thinking skills between English majors and Japanese majors after years of study at college. The results show that a clear difference exists between English majors and Japanese majors in overall critical thinking skills. In particular, English majors are superior to Japanese majors. Another finding is that there are also differences between the two majors in the three core sub-skills of critical thinking skills, analysis, evaluation and inference. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01