Investigating English Education Master Students' Perceptions on Critical Thinking Skills
One of the prominent and indispensable higher-order thinking skills that need to be fully mastered by EFL learners in this modern age is critical thinking. In the light of critical thinking skills, EFL learners are believed to be succeeded in both academic and real-life situations since they have be...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Tadris Bahasa Inggris IAIN Syekh Nurjati
2023-06-01
|
| Series: | ELT Echo: The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.syekhnurjati.ac.id/jurnal/index.php/eltecho/article/view/8879/pdf_94 |
| _version_ | 1797634016060375040 |
|---|---|
| author | Kristian Florensio Wijaya |
| author_facet | Kristian Florensio Wijaya |
| author_sort | Kristian Florensio Wijaya |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | One of the prominent and indispensable higher-order thinking skills that need to be fully mastered by EFL learners in this modern age is critical thinking. In the light of critical thinking skills, EFL learners are believed to be succeeded in both academic and real-life situations since they have become more strategic thinkers capable of managing their language learning enterprises. This small-scale qualitative study employed qualitative content analysis to fully obtain more renewable research findings influential for the betterment of ELT enterprises. Two research instruments were also harnessed to fulfill this major research objectivity namely the Likert-scale questionnaire and open-ended written narrative inquiry questions. The participants taking part voluntarily in this study were 15 English Education Master Students of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta. Based on the obtained findings, two specific themes could be attained namely (1) Critical thinking skills enabled EFL learners to attain more fruitful target language learning outcomes, and (2) Critical thinking skills allowed EFL learners to be more life-long knowledge seekers. To holistically promote a higher degree of critical thinking skills for diverse EFL learners, language educators in this archipelago are strongly advocated to sustainably instill more engaging, meaningful, and contextual learning dynamics. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-11T12:01:52Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-9df68a0ed78943ca83384c129df0dc3d |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2579-8170 2549-5089 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-11T12:01:52Z |
| publishDate | 2023-06-01 |
| publisher | Tadris Bahasa Inggris IAIN Syekh Nurjati |
| record_format | Article |
| series | ELT Echo: The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context |
| spelling | doaj.art-9df68a0ed78943ca83384c129df0dc3d2023-11-08T02:02:41ZengTadris Bahasa Inggris IAIN Syekh NurjatiELT Echo: The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context2579-81702549-50892023-06-01816881http://dx.doi.org/10.24235/eltecho.v8i1.8879Investigating English Education Master Students' Perceptions on Critical Thinking SkillsKristian Florensio Wijaya0Cita Hati International School, IndonesiaOne of the prominent and indispensable higher-order thinking skills that need to be fully mastered by EFL learners in this modern age is critical thinking. In the light of critical thinking skills, EFL learners are believed to be succeeded in both academic and real-life situations since they have become more strategic thinkers capable of managing their language learning enterprises. This small-scale qualitative study employed qualitative content analysis to fully obtain more renewable research findings influential for the betterment of ELT enterprises. Two research instruments were also harnessed to fulfill this major research objectivity namely the Likert-scale questionnaire and open-ended written narrative inquiry questions. The participants taking part voluntarily in this study were 15 English Education Master Students of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta. Based on the obtained findings, two specific themes could be attained namely (1) Critical thinking skills enabled EFL learners to attain more fruitful target language learning outcomes, and (2) Critical thinking skills allowed EFL learners to be more life-long knowledge seekers. To holistically promote a higher degree of critical thinking skills for diverse EFL learners, language educators in this archipelago are strongly advocated to sustainably instill more engaging, meaningful, and contextual learning dynamics. https://www.syekhnurjati.ac.id/jurnal/index.php/eltecho/article/view/8879/pdf_94critical thinkin skillsenglish educationqualitative content analysis |
| spellingShingle | Kristian Florensio Wijaya Investigating English Education Master Students' Perceptions on Critical Thinking Skills ELT Echo: The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context critical thinkin skills english education qualitative content analysis |
| title | Investigating English Education Master Students' Perceptions on Critical Thinking Skills |
| title_full | Investigating English Education Master Students' Perceptions on Critical Thinking Skills |
| title_fullStr | Investigating English Education Master Students' Perceptions on Critical Thinking Skills |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating English Education Master Students' Perceptions on Critical Thinking Skills |
| title_short | Investigating English Education Master Students' Perceptions on Critical Thinking Skills |
| title_sort | investigating english education master students perceptions on critical thinking skills |
| topic | critical thinkin skills english education qualitative content analysis |
| url | https://www.syekhnurjati.ac.id/jurnal/index.php/eltecho/article/view/8879/pdf_94 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT kristianflorensiowijaya investigatingenglisheducationmasterstudentsperceptionsoncriticalthinkingskills |