TY - JOUR
TI - Using fiction in class to promote critical thinking skills on the example of The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
AU - Lubińska-Pyla, Dorota
TI - Using fiction in class to promote critical thinking skills on the example of The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
AB - 
	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.
VL - 2017
IS - Zeszyt 7 (2017)
PY - 2018
SN - 2080-2358
C1 - 2720-4812
SP - 22
EP - 34
UR - 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
KW - critical thinking
KW - fiction
KW - ELT classroom
KW - opinions
KW - university students
KW - lesson plan