Critical Thinking for English-Language Learners - Christopher M. Johnson, Anne McLellan Howard

Critical Thinking for English-Language Learners

Reasoning, Logic, and Argumentation
Buch | Hardcover
308 Seiten
2025
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-75248-8 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
Critical Thinking for English-Language Learners is an accessible introduction to critical thinking and the use of informal logic for learners of English. Critical thinking skills are key to helping students learn how to reason in English. By developing informal logic skills, students can develop their critical thinking abilities to better assess why different types of arguments are successful or unsuccessful.

The textbook:

- introduces key concepts in critical thinking, informal logic and argumentation;

-supports the development of students’ language ability by including chapter English notes which show how to express logical connections in English and give a deeper understanding of English vocabulary;

- provides step-by-step guidance on how to make and critique different types of arguments, and how to understand connections between ideas and their various implications;

- includes pre-reading questions, activities and exercises in each chapter;

- is supported by a series of PowerPoint presentations, extra review exercises and instructor resources online.

Providing students with key skills to make and critique arguments in English, this book is a key resource for beginning and intermediate learners of English studying Critical Thinking, English for Academic Purposes, and Introduction to Philosophy.

Christopher M. Johnson is Associate Professor at Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He has been teaching philosophy to EFL students for eight years. Anne McLellan Howard teaches linguistics and English teaching methodologies at Miyazaki International University, Japan. She has been teaching writing to EFL students for 25 years.

Acknowledgement

Introduction

Chapter 1: What are arguments?

Chapter 2: Complex arguments

Chapter 3: Deductive arguments

Chapter 4: Inductive arguments

Chapter 5: Fallacies

Chapter 6: Counter-arguments

Chapter 7: Longer readings

Glossary

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 28.2.2025
Zusatzinfo 52 Tables, black and white; 143 Line drawings, black and white; 143 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Kommunikationswissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik
ISBN-10 1-032-75248-3 / 1032752483
ISBN-13 978-1-032-75248-8 / 9781032752488
Zustand Neuware
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