The Profile of Students' Critical Thinking through Their Argumentative Essay Writing  

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Kurniasih, Esti

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 61st TEFLIN International Conference : English Language Curriculum Development: Implications for Innovations in Language Policy and Planning, Pedagogical Practices, and Teacher Professional Development, Solo, 7 - 9 October 2014, page 1273-1277 .
Topik: critical thinking; argumentative essay; profile; writing
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Critical thinking is different from thinking. It is further a higher order of thinking since it needs a practice of using a number of different advanced thinking skills in various complex ways. It focuses more on thought; this means it looks at how facts are proven, arguments are formed, conclusions are reached, not just what the facts, argument or conclusion may be. Due to its importance, critical thinking is therefore fundamental and needed in all fields and disciplines. Critical thinking can actually be trained and developed through many ways, one of them is through writing, since it promotes critical thinking by requiring the students to organize their thoughts, synthesize and logically analyze their thoughts, and then present them and their conclusions in written form. Concerning with writing, critical thinking is best applied in writing essays, particularly in writing argumentative essay. This research-based article further investigated and described the profile of students’ critical thinking, especially the English department students of UNESA in class 2012B, through their argumentative essay writing. The result of the research in general showed that from the students’ argumentative writing results on the first and second task, it can be concluded that in writing argumentative essays most students applied their critical thinking and critical analysis and it was shown clearly in all parts of their argumentative essays (introduction, body, and conclusion). In the introduction, mostly the students took their stand/position which was stated in the form of clear thesis. Next, in the body of the essay, most students gave and described various kinds of evidence which are relevant and support the thesis and conclusion. Those various kinds of evidence (which are in the form of stories, experiences, statistics, examples, and surveys) were given by the students to make their argumentative essays look impressive, reliable, and convincing. The last, in the conclusion, most students stated their conclusion at the end of the essay by using either ‘trigger’ words or imperatives.

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