The Cultivation of Critical Thinking Ability in Academic Reading Based on Questionnaires and Interviews

Authors

  • Jian Li Faculty of Humanities and Foreign Language, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China
  • Yan Ren Faculty of Humanities and Foreign Language, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i22.18197

Abstract


In recent years, Chinese college students have been criticized for having nothing to say, no thinking ability, and lack of critical thinking. Cultivating students' thinking ability is becoming an important task of higher education. Through carrying out questionnaire survey and interviews, the author learned that graduate students' critical thinking skills in academic reading needs to be improved. To improve the situation, it requires joint efforts of teachers and students to improve students' critical thinking ability in academic reading, which is conducive to the completion of academic papers and the improvement of students' thinking ability, so as to meet the requirements of higher thinking ability for students in the 21st century.

Author Biographies

Jian Li, Faculty of Humanities and Foreign Language, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China

Jian Li is an associate professor of School of Humanity and Foreign Language in Xi’an University of Technology. She received her M.A. in Foreign Linguistics from University for Science and Technology in 2007. Her research interested fields include cognitive linguistics, rhetoric writing. she has teaching experience of 13 years, has completed six scientific research projects and has published 2 books and more than 15 papers in various journals. E-mail: ccyxz@xaut.edu.cn

Yan Ren, Faculty of Humanities and Foreign Language, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China

Yan Ren is a master degree candidate of School of Humanity and Foreign Language in Xi’an University of Technology. She received her B.A. in English Language and Literature from Shanxi University in 2017. Her research interested fields include cognitive linguistics, translation and second language acquisition. E-mail: 1371935560@qq.com

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Published

2020-11-30

How to Cite

Li, J., & Ren, Y. (2020). The Cultivation of Critical Thinking Ability in Academic Reading Based on Questionnaires and Interviews. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 15(22), pp. 104–120. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i22.18197

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 22 (2020)

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Papers

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