Critical thinking and writing
Critical thinking has been described as ". . .reasonable reflective thinking focused on deciding
what to believe or do" (Ennis, 2003). This is put into practice by having students write on the
whiteboard and share their writing with fellow students. Along with the thoughts and ideas
being expressed, there is always the need to deal with writing, grammar improvement and
correction of common errors as well as increasing the vocabulary of students and increasing
the maturity level of their writing. In an article published on the BBC website called
Teaching English, Emma Pathare explains how her students benefit from responding to each
other's writing. “It is easy to think that you, as the teacher, are the only person who can or
should respond to your students' writing, but don't forget the other people in the classroom as
well . . . the students! By getting my students to read each others' writing, I am helping them
in several ways: Getting to know each other, learning from each other, having an authentic
'audience' or readership and responding to the content of my students' writing. When we
write, we write for a reader. Having the students read each other's work provides a wide
readership who will respond to the writing in a variety of ways, giving a richer response than
just a single person (the teacher). Knowing that other students will read their work also
encourages students to take more time over the thinking, planning and writing stages.”
(Pathere, 2006).
The classroom activities described here are especially appropriate for a class of not more that
fifteen to twenty students, although I have used some aspects of this work with classes as
large as forty with good results. With modification, the activities are appropriate for any level
of English and for any age from Mattayom 4 to university level students. There are aspects
here that fit very well with the Thai concept of “sanuk” which figures so much into the
teaching style of high school ESL classes.
Critical thinking and writingCritical thinking has been described as ". . .reasonable reflective thinking focused on decidingwhat to believe or do" (Ennis, 2003). This is put into practice by having students write on thewhiteboard and share their writing with fellow students. Along with the thoughts and ideasbeing expressed, there is always the need to deal with writing, grammar improvement andcorrection of common errors as well as increasing the vocabulary of students and increasingthe maturity level of their writing. In an article published on the BBC website calledTeaching English, Emma Pathare explains how her students benefit from responding to eachother's writing. “It is easy to think that you, as the teacher, are the only person who can orshould respond to your students' writing, but don't forget the other people in the classroom aswell . . . the students! By getting my students to read each others' writing, I am helping themin several ways: Getting to know each other, learning from each other, having an authentic'audience' or readership and responding to the content of my students' writing. When wewrite, we write for a reader. Having the students read each other's work provides a widereadership who will respond to the writing in a variety of ways, giving a richer response thanjust a single person (the teacher). Knowing that other students will read their work alsoencourages students to take more time over the thinking, planning and writing stages.”(Pathere, 2006).The classroom activities described here are especially appropriate for a class of not more thatfifteen to twenty students, although I have used some aspects of this work with classes aslarge as forty with good results. With modification, the activities are appropriate for any levelof English and for any age from Mattayom 4 to university level students. There are aspectshere that fit very well with the Thai concept of “sanuk” which figures so much into theteaching style of high school ESL classes.
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