JUDUL :

PROMOTING STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN THE LANGUAGE RESEARCH CLASS: A Practical Guidebook for English Language Lecturers

PENULIS :

Dimas Adika Trisnanto

SINOPSIS :

Promoting Students’ Critical Thinking Skills in the Language Research Class is a practical manual designed for lecturers, teacher educators, and students within English Language Education. The book explores the alignment between English lecturers’ beliefs and their actual classroom practices in fostering critical thinking within the Indonesian EFL context.

The guidebook positions critical thinking as a central element of higher education, moving beyond mechanical teaching to develop classroom cultures of inquiry and reflection. It offers research-based strategies to integrate these skills into every stage of the Language Research course from thoughtfully planned assignments and critical reading to writing exercises and complex research projects.

Key features of this guidebook include:

• Theoretical Foundations: Clear explanations of frameworks like Bloom’s Taxonomy and the Paul–Elder Model to help educators move from intuition-based to research-informed practice.
• Practical Classroom Strategies: Concrete teaching techniques, such as the Claim–Evidence–Reasoning (CER) framework and argument mapping, to help students build sound academic arguments.
• Contextual Adaptations: Specific guidance on overcoming challenges unique to the Indonesian EFL setting, such as cultural norms regarding authority and language proficiency barriers.
• Comprehensive Assessment Tools: Practical rubrics and methods for assessing reasoning quality independently of language accuracy.

Written in accessible language, this manual serves as both a reference for designing tasks and an invitation for educators to evolve their teaching. It ultimately aims to empower students with the analytical skills necessary for academic success and lifelong professional growth.