高中生英语写作批判性思维能力的调查研究
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论文字数:38547论文编号:org201710051948293232语种:英语 English地区:中国价格:$ 66
关键词:高中英语论文批判性思维英语写作实证研究
摘要:本文是高中英语论文,通过对学生作文文本进行分析,来考察影响学生批判性思维的因素,按作文水平由高到低将学生进行排序,并将其分为“论点充足、具有深度”、“论点充足、缺乏深度”、“论点不够充足、缺乏深度”、“缺乏论点、缺乏深度”四组。
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose of research
Critical thinking was first put forward by John Dewey, who defined it as “the kind of thinking that consists in turning a subject over in the mind and going its serious consecutive consideration” (Stapleton,2001). Later, the concept was defined from narrow perspective and broad perspective, indicating critical thinking skills and dispositions respectively. Critical thinking skills include identifying assumptions, clarifying, focusing and staying relevant. Dispositions include attitudes, habits of mind and character traits (Siegel, 1997). Norris and Ennis (1989) defined critical thinking as “reasonable and reflective thinking that is focused on what do believe and do”. Critical thinking theory has been employed in the second language acquisition field in recent years. English writing has been focused on many studies and regarded as a useful way that requires high-level thinkers to analyze the topic and construct the organization of the writing so as to finish and assess the writing topic (Tian Dong, 2015). Several factors such as analysis, judgment, inference, revision and assessment are displayed in their English writing. That critical thinking plays an important role was indicated in many researches. Researchers in second language fields believed that with some knowledge of critical thinking abilities, teachers can improve their teaching effectiveness. Good critical thinkers can support their ideas or arguments by large number of reliable evidence and construct the logical relationship by utilizing reliable data with source (Karabay, 2015).
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1.2 Significance of research
Most scholars believe that the cultivation of critical thinking can be integrated into specific contents such as listening, reading, writing in English instead of considering critical thinking method as independent content. However, the precious researches pointed out English learners were short of mastering critical thinking skills such as analysis, evaluation and interpretation but teachers attached more importance to linguistic expression and English learners performed poorly in critical thinking (Yu Jiying, 2013; Li Liwen, 2011; Stapleton, 2001). But in present study, it analyzed the English learners’ critical thinking from four elements which are arguments, evidence, recognized opposing viewpoints and refutation as well as fallacies. Besides these four elements of critical thinking, more influential  
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