students have
cognitive skills that are in question but their English
language ability that influences their reading,
understanding, interpretation and evaluation of the material
that is demonstrated in either written or oral expression. As
we know, developing critical thinking skills is equally
challenging for domestic students.
Teaching critical thinking skills can be useful in assisting
students to develop learning strategies to avoid plagiarism.
Classroom activities that model critical thinking skills in our
discussions, create learning opportunities for students to
develop their skills and offer feedback can guide students’
development of critical thinking skills.we
go through many examples in
class. I deliver part of the
lecture and then I stop and say,
“Okay think about this particular
theory? Now what do you think
is wrong with it and when would
it not apply?” I try to get them to
think about what the theory
means, how we can analyse it
and whether it applies to every
situation. I model the types of
questions they should be
asking.
Multi-level reading guides
I have found that for second
language learners it is
important to give them
questions to accompany the set
readings. It gives students the
processing time that they need.
I mix the questions up in terms
of difficulty. Some of them are
very literal questions and some
of them are inferential so that
they cater for different ability