Development of the English Speaking Ability of College Students Based on the Critical Thinking Approach
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The purpose of this study is to explore the development of college students’ speaking ability based on the critical thinking approach in a South Korean EFL context. To achieve this goal, two groups of Korean college beginner learners (N=12) were compared on their speaking performance, with one group (N=6) having been trained in critical thinking explicitly as the experimental group and the other (N=6) as the control group. A mixed-method approach was employed in the analysis of the data. The results indicated that critical thinking teaching explicitly has a positive impact on the speaking proficiency of Korean college beginner EFL learners. The data was analyzed using a quantitative approach and for the qualitative approach, in-depth interviews were conducted and examined. The most of students from the experimental group revealed that critical thinking is hard but helpful to express their opinions. Several pedagogical implications and discussions emerged from the results of the study.
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The purpose of this study is to explore the development of college students’ speaking ability based on the critical thinking approach in a South Korean EFL context. To achieve this goal, two groups of Korean college beginner learners (N=12) were compared on their speaking performance, with one group (N=6) having been trained in critical thinking explicitly as the experimental group and the other (N=6) as the control group. A mixed-method approach was employed in the analysis of the data. The results indicated that critical thinking teaching explicitly has a positive impact on the speaking proficiency of Korean college beginner EFL learners. The data was analyzed using a quantitative approach and for the qualitative approach, in-depth interviews were conducted and examined. The most of students from the experimental group revealed that critical thinking is hard but helpful to express their opinions. Several pedagogical implications and discussions emerged from the results of the study.
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