Incorporating critical thinking skills into an english conversation program

Critical thinking ability is the ability to focus on reasonable and reflective thinking. It is an ability that allows students to freely express their own ideas, to demonstrate the interrelationships among their ideas, and to generate higher level of thinking. This study proposes the critical thinking ability learning system and further applies the system to English conversation classes with an eye to enhancing students' critical thinking ability. The study demonstrates the empirical results of the critical thinking English class and offers an alternative for teachers to facilitate class instruction and give voices to students.