Developing Critical Thinking Skill Through Text Structure In Esl Reading Classes

The main purpose of this experimental study was to determine the effects of awareness of the structure of the text on enhancing critical thinking skills in Malaysian undergraduate ESL reading classes. A comparative study of two groups; namely Experimental and Control group were involved in this s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Heydari, Maryam
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	Critical thinking - Study and teaching (Higher) - Malaysia English language - Study and teaching (Higher) - Foreign speakers
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12418/1/FPP_2010_3A.pdf

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