批判性语言学习Critical Language Learning-Lecture 1 (CLL).ppt

Critical Language Learning This is me… 杨苗 （Ivy） Associate Professor BA (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies) MA (University of Leeds) PhD (the Chinese University of Hong Kong) ivymiaoy@ Today’s activities A survey on critical thinking dispositions An overview of critical thinking and learning Group discussion: what makes a critical language learner; A brief introduction of this course Video time: why and how English is learnt by people around the world; Learning journal 1: Why and how I have learnt English in the past Why and how I am going to learn it at college My English learning plan for the following 2 weeks What is critical thinking? Why teach critical thinking? Traditional teaching: What to learn Teaching in the 21st century Purposes: why to learn? Content: what to learn? strategies: how to learn? TEACHERS ARE ARCHITECTS FOR LEARNING What is critical thinking? Critical thinking ---- correct thinking in the pursuit of relevant and reliable knowledge about the world. Reasonable, reflective, responsible, and skillful thinking that is focused on deciding what to believe or do. A person who thinks critically can ask appropriate questions gather relevant information, efficiently and creatively sort through this information, reason logically from this information, and come to reliable and trustworthy conclusions about the world that enable one to live and act successfully in it. higher-order thinking Learning objectives in critical thinking and research (IIME, Global Minimum Essential Requirements, 2002) Demonstrate a critical approach, constructive skepticism, creativity and a research-oriented attitude in professional activities. Understand the power and limitations of the scientific thinking based on information obtained from different sources, in establishing the causation, treatment and prevention of disease. Use personal judgments for analytical and critical problem solving and