چکیده مقاله
Encouraging students to become individuals independent enough to think critically is of utmost importance in the EFL milieu Integrating critical thinking CT would encourage students to take charge of their own thinking, monitoring and evaluating their own process of learning more efficiently Rafi, 2011 With this regard the present study aimed at investigating the elements of CT in 25 undergraduate Iranian EFL students’ argumentative essays so as to reveal the realization of their CT skills with and without sessions of learner centered free discussions, around the writing topics, to see if the free discussions could make any significant difference in the manifestation of CT elements in their writings Essays written before and after the free discussions, were evaluated based on Stapleton’s criteria of CT 2001 and results manifested a significant difference on the realization of CT criteria after the discussions which in turn highlight the importance of stimulating and arousing students to think and write critically through self recognizing techniques used in free discussions
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نویسندگان
Roya Movahed
English Department Kashmar Higher Education Institute, Iran
Mostafa Bahraman
English Department Kashmar Higher Education Institute, Iran
شیوه ارجاع
Movahed, Roya and Bahraman, Mostafa,1399,Stimulating Critical Thinking in EFL Iranian’s Essay Writing Holding Free Discussions in Advance,7th International Conference on the Study of Language, Literature, Culture and History
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مجموعه مقالات هفتمین کنفرانس بین المللی مطالعات زبان،ادبیات، فرهنگ و تاریخ20 اسفند 1399