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Arab EFL students' application and awareness of critical thinking in college writing: a case study
Al-Dumairi, Eman1, Al-Jabari, Nida' Alhaq2.
This paper sheds light on the necessity of engaging critical thinking skills in teaching college
writing to EFL students at university. The study investigates students’ attitudes towards writing,
the challenges they face when writing paragraph assignments in terms of generating and
organizing ideas. It has been noticed that students’ performance in English college writing is not
satisfactory not just for linguistic reasons but for lacking critical thinking skills. Many studies
focused on the grammatical and vocabulary problems that face Arab EFL learner's when writing
in English. Albeit, this research takes us a step further and even more pedagogical than just
linguistic. It addresses the difficulties that students face when writing assignments that require
them to argue, analyze, infer and judge. Results show that students' inefficient writing is due to
their lack of critical thinking skills which are neglected throughout their writing experience at
high school.
Affiliation:
- Hebron University , Pakistan
- Hebron University , Pakistan
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