Critical Thinking Levels of EFL Undergraduate Students of Universitas Brawijaya

Esti Junining(1,Mail), Widya Caterine Perdhani(2), Moh. Hasbullah Isnaini(3), Nuria Setiarini(4)

(1) Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia
(2) Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia
(3) Universitas Brawijay, Indonesia
(4) Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

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Abstract

Critical Thinking Levels of EFL Undergraduate Students of Universitas Brawijaya. Objective: This study investigated the levels of CT of undergraduate students. Methods: Employing the mix-method design and two instruments (1)Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal and (2) interview, the study involved 352 students who are in the first year of their study. Findings: Related to CTS, it showed that most of the students can determine the answer correctly in terms of (1) Deduction 63.07%; (2) Arguments 62.16%; (3) Interpreting information 59,92%; (4) Assumptions 50,19%; and (5) Inferences 37.15%. In sum, only 54.40% of students in their first year indicate low CT ability. It is in line with the results of the interview which postulates that 57% of the students do not really understand what and how to improve their CTS and they need some help to improve it. Conclusion: The University should provide learning and activities which can increase their CTS, especially the inferencing dimension.

Keywords: EFL, CTS, reading, assessment.


DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jpp.v12.i3.202221


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