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Our latest tip looks at ‘Critical thinking’. Watch Alister using the map of the world with his young learner class to encourage greater critical thinking in language learning.

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In these three talks, the speakers look at how critical thinking skills can be taught effectively, consider the outcomes of teaching critical thinking using a framework of cognitive skills and present findings from two projects that aimed to develop both critical thinking skills and cultural awareness.

This lesson is based around a ‘teacher-less task’, a lateral thinking puzzle where students have to work together to first sequence a story and then solve a puzzle.
 

Watch a recording of Rod Bolitho's webinar about how to include a focus on thinking skills in the English language classroom.

A teaching pack based on materials developed by the British Council in cooperation with the BBC World Service.

This plenary talk discusses the importance of challenging the central ideas in ELT.