@article{0928c27e-4e82-4124-8de0-2754fcc70c41,
author = {Dorota Lubińska-Pyla},
title = {Using fiction in class to promote critical thinking skills on the example of The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing},
journal = {Zeszyty Glottodydaktyczne},
volume = {2017},
number = {Zeszyt 7 (2017)},
year = {2018},
issn = {2080-2358},
pages = {22-34},keywords = {critical thinking; fiction; ELT classroom; opinions; university students; lesson plan},
abstract = {Critical thinking is a fundamental component of academic life in today’s world. In this article I discuss the possibility of practicing and strengthening university students’ critical thinking skills by means of a novel, The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing, in the course of an ELT class. Drawing from experience, I show how this particular novel, due to its problematic, yet universal, subject matter as well as the author’s enigmatic presentation of the said, becomes a useful resource for this purpose. It confronts the reader with perplexing questions and dilemmas without off ering defi nite answers. I offer a lesson plan in order to help the teacher to involve and guide students throughout this fascinating novel, one which never leaves anyone indiff erent.},
doi = {},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zeszyty-glottodydaktyczne/artykul/using-fiction-in-class-to-promote-critical-thinking-skills-on-the-example-of-the-fifth-child-by-doris-lessing}
}