Ricky Fernandes

Research Title:

An investigation of facilitating critical thinking in English language classes when listening and speaking are practised in an Indonesian high school

Project Summary:

This research project aims to address the gaps in understanding of Critical Thinking (CT) facilitation in an Indonesian English as an Additional Language (EAL) high school context. The study investigates CT in EAL through teachers’ perceptions, practices and challenges while facilitating listening and speaking. The significance of the study is that it will move the field past entrenched practices and partial theorisation of CT in EAL by providing a more coherent theoretical conceptualisation that will be useful for guiding teachers. The study will also develop knowledge that will inform Indonesian English Language Teaching (ELT) pre-service and in-service teachers’ professional learning in CT facilitation, an area of major interest to the Indonesian Ministry of National Education.