基于英语议论文的中国高中生思辨技能研究英语专业外文翻译本科学位论文.doc

苏州大学外国语学毕业论文 2014届 题目：基于英语议论文的中国高中生思辨技能研究 Acknowledgements I would like to extend my sincerest gratitude and appreciation to the following people, who have provided me with generous and constructive guidance, illuminating and inspirational instructions, warm-hearted and hospitable support during my undergraduate study at Soochow University. First of all, I owe all enormous debt of gratitude and respect to my supervisor, Professor Wang Haizhen, who has offered me invaluable instructions and generous encouragement in the process. Her devotion, patience and competence exert such a deep influence on me that I will cherish the experience for my whole life. My sincere thanks also go to the professors and teachers in the School of Foreign Languages in Soochow University, in particular, Professor Su Xiaojun and Professor Yuan Ying, whose lectures serve as an unfailing source of inspiration in writing the dissertation as well as in my future study. In addition, I also want to thank the willingness and cooperation of all the participants in the study, whose great contributions make the paper become a reality. My heart-felt appreciation also goes to my study mates, especially Zhao Lijing, who cooperates with me in the painful but rewarding process of collecting data from different cities in Jiangsu Province. Last but not least, I would like to express my heart-felt gratitude to my parents, who have been giving me unconditional love and support all these years. Abstract Critical thinking (CT) is regarded as an important disciplinary goal in education. To cultivate students’ CT skills has been listed in the objectives of the National English Curriculum (2011). However, existing studies mainly choose university students, especially English majors as participants. Considering that Senior High school is a critical period for CT development, so it is necessary to explore senior high school students’ CT skills. The research is intended to first describe the characterist