Students' Critical Thinking in Writing an English Exposition Text (A Case Study in a Private University in West Java)

DOI

10.2991/conaplin-16.2017.50How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Critical Thinking; English Exposition Text; Writing.

Abstract

This study was aimed to investigate elements of critical thinking demonstrated by students in their writing an English exposition text. Further, it was intended to find out students' opinion about critical thinking reflected in their essays. A qualitative research design, particularly a case study, was employed. The data of students' texts which were analyzed by using the critical thinking theory proposed by Reichenbach (2001), Ennis (1996), and Chaffee et al (2002) indicated that students were able to utilize all aspects of critical thinking. However, they still need guidance in expressing effective and sound arguments. Moreover, the result of interview indicated that students lack critical thinking knowledge. Because of that, they suggested critical thinking and written composition should be taught and combined into an integrated activity.

Copyright

© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Dedeh Rohayati
PY  - 2016/11
DA  - 2016/11
TI  - Students' Critical Thinking in Writing an English Exposition Text (A Case Study in a Private University in West Java)
BT  - Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 9)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 228
EP  - 232
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/conaplin-16.2017.50
DO  - 10.2991/conaplin-16.2017.50
ID  - Rohayati2016/11
ER  -