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视听说第五册教师用书 Unit 2 Critical Thinking Part One Lead-in Part One Lead-in Background knowledge Critical thinking is the purposeful and reflective judgment about what to believe or what to do in response to \o Observationobservations, \o Experienceexperience, \o Interpersonal communicationverbal or \o Writingwritten expressions, or \o Argumentsarguments. Critical thinking involves determining the meaning and significance of what is observed or expressed, or, concerning a given inference or argument, determining whether there is adequate justification to accept the conclusion as true. Fisher Scriven define critical thinking as “skilled, active, interpretation and evaluation of observations, communications, information, and argumentation”. Teaching tips: Teaching tips: Fisher and Scriven are two scholars or authors who are working together. They wrote an article or book in which the definition of “critical thinking” appears. Activity 1 Listening Directions: Listen to the recording on What is Critical Thinking and complete the following statements according to what you hear. Tapescript: Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally. It includes the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking. Someone with critical thinking skills is able to do the following: * understand the logical connections between ideas * identify, construct and evaluate arguments * detect inconsistencies and common mistakes in reasoning * solve problems systematically * identify the relevance and importance of ideas * reflect on the justification of ones own beliefs and values Check up the answers: construct; evaluate 4. solve problems systematically 6. the justification of ones own beliefs and values Activity 2 Viewing Directions: Watch the video and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. Video Transcript: Robert: Oh! You know, I just got back my essay on global warming from my writing teacher. She g