Using fiction in class to promote critical thinking skills on the example of The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
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Publication date: 16.02.2018
Glottodidactic Journal, 2017, Issue 7 (2017), pp. 22 - 34
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Using fiction in class to promote critical thinking skills on the example of The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
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.
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Information: Glottodidactic Journal, 2017, Issue 7 (2017), pp. 22 - 34
Article type: Original article
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Using fiction in class to promote critical thinking skills on the example of The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
Using fiction in class to promote critical thinking skills on the example of The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
Jagiellonian Language Centre
Poland
Published at: 16.02.2018
Article status: Open
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