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Some Problematic "Channels" in the Teaching of Critical Thinking in Current L1 Composition Textbooks: Implications for L2 Student-Writers.
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Ramanathan, Vai; Kaplan, Robert B. – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1996
Identifies three common "channels" through which student-writers are inducted into the critical thinking practice via advanced writing courses. Argues that critical thinking is a socio-cognitive practice drawing on cultural norms shared by mainstream students, a process not open to students of English as a Second Language. (100…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Critical Thinking, Cultural Literacy