{"id":21965,"date":"2022-12-22T12:53:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T19:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridge.edu\/tefl\/blog\/?p=21965"},"modified":"2023-10-19T08:13:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:13:29","slug":"teaching-critical-thinking-skills-esl-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridge.edu\/tefl\/blog\/teaching-critical-thinking-skills-esl-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the ESL Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Critical thinking has become a central concept in today\u2019s educational landscape, regardless of the subject taught. Critical thinking is not a new idea. It has been present since the time of Greek philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Socrates’ famous quote, \u201cEducation is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel,\u201d underscores the nature of learning (students are not blank slates to be filled with content by their teachers) and the significance of inquisitiveness in a true learning process, both in the ESL classroom and in the wider world of education. Teaching critical thinking skills in the ESL classroom<\/a> will benefit your students throughout their language-learning journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In more recent times, philosopher John Dewey made critical thinking one of the cornerstones of his educational philosophy. Nowadays, educators often quote critical thinking as the most important tool to sort out the barrage of information students are exposed to in our media-dominated world<\/a>, to analyze situations and elaborate solutions. Teaching critical thinking skills is an integral part of teaching 21st-century skills<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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