EFL Students’ Critical Thinking in Speaking Activities (A Descriptive Study at English Conversation Club (ecc))
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211125.040How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Critical thinking; discussion; giving opinion
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyse critical thinking aspects reflected in students’ discussion and giving some opinions. The study was also found how students’ critical thinking contributed to students’ speaking ability. This study employed a qualitative research design, particularly a descriptive qualitative. To obtain the data, students’ speaking test, observation of critical thinking elements, and interviews were used. The member of English Conversation Club (ECC) in one of senior high school in Majalengka were chosen as participants. The findings revealed that all critical thinking aspects covered in this study appeared in the students’ opinion through speaking test. High achievers’ speaking test presented more critical thinking aspects than medium and low achievers’ speaking, particularly on argument and open-mindedness. The findings also showed that students’ speaking ability and students’ critical thinking influenced each other. The students perceived that students’ speaking ability is influenced by students’ critical thinking. Higher thinking ability was produced higher speaking ability and vice versa. Speaking preparation was important stage to produce higher speaking and critical thinking ability. This study recommended that the teaching of giving opinion should explore all stages of speaking process, especially pre-speaking stage to help students speak and elaborate arguments well.
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- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Anggun Rahmawati PY - 2021 DA - 2021/11/26 TI - EFL Students’ Critical Thinking in Speaking Activities (A Descriptive Study at English Conversation Club (ecc)) BT - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Science, Education and Technology (ISET 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 211 EP - 220 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211125.040 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211125.040 ID - Rahmawati2021 ER -