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Thinking Critically, Thinking Dialogically.
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Benesch, Sarah – TESOL Quarterly, 1999
Discusses recent debates on the teaching of critical thinking. Draws a distinction between critical thinking and dialogic thinking and demonstrates how critical dialog can help students explore their own views as well as views to which they have not been previously exposed. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Dialogs (Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Conversation.
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Richards, Jack C. – TESOL Quarterly, 1980
Reviews various approaches to the description of conversation and discusses the role of conversational discourse dimensions. Mentions the participants' assumptions about conversation and strategies, in relation to the acquisition of conversation skills in a second language. Also examines the effects of transfer of L1 conversational norms into a…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis