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Developing Critical Thinking in EFL Classes

An Infusion Approach

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Authors:
  1. Yue Lin

    1. School of Foreign Languages, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China

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  • Essential reading for EFL teachers
  • Provides a comprehensive lesson-design framework
  • Offers an easy-to-follow development guide for teachers' thinking lessons
  • Presents a pedagogical innovation with empirical evidence to examine the real effects of infusion lessons on thinking and language learning

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Core Issues in Developing Critical Thinking Skills

    • Yue Lin
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Infusion Approach

    • Yue Lin
    Pages 9-17

  4. Critical Thinking and Writing

    • Yue Lin
    Pages 19-23

  5. Effectiveness of Teaching Thinking Skills

    • Yue Lin
    Pages 25-29

  6. A Case Study in a Chinese High School

    • Yue Lin
    Pages 31-42

  7. Data Collection and Data Analysis

    • Yue Lin
    Pages 43-68

  8. Effects of Infusion Lessons on Critical Thinking

    • Yue Lin
    Pages 69-85

  9. Impact on Writing

    • Yue Lin
    Pages 87-96

  10. Students’ Attitudes Towards and Perceptions of Infusion Lessons

    • Yue Lin
    Pages 97-112

  11. Infusing Critical Thinking into EFL Classes

    • Yue Lin
    Pages 113-136

  12. Conclusion

    • Yue Lin
    Pages 137-144

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 145-194
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About this book

This book presents an innovative teaching experiment and an analytical study of critical thinking and the sociocultural theory of learning to illustrate the cognitive learning development mechanisms.  It addresses the issues in developing critical thinking, including the controversy surrounding the definition, measurement and teaching of critical thinking, particularly in the L2 context.


The book explains how infusion-thinking lessons can be structured to help students develop critical thinking along with language learning. Further, it uses a case study as a real-world example to examine the applicability and feasibility of infusion-thinking lessons in the EFL context and their effectiveness in developing students’ critical thinking and language learning.


Packed with thinking activities and techniques, this practical, hands-on manual provides original ideas and empirical data, giving teachers everything they need to plan theirlessons to improve students’ critical thinking within language courses and evaluate their teaching.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Foreign Languages, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China

    Yue Lin

About the author

Yue Lin currently is a lecturer at Shenzhen University, teaching College English for undergraduate students, and Modern English Pedagogy and English Language Testing for mater students.  She studied in Educational and Applied Linguistics and received her PhD degree from University of Newcastle (U.K) in 2014.  Her current research focuses on the second language teaching and learning, and the teaching of critical thinking.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Developing Critical Thinking in EFL Classes

  • Book Subtitle: An Infusion Approach

  • Authors: Yue Lin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7784-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-7783-8Published: 19 February 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5673-5Published: 04 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-7784-5Published: 09 February 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 194

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics, Language Teaching

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