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CRITICAL THINKING: ITS IMPACT ON DEVELOPING WHOLE LANGUGE INQUIRY BY IRANIAN EAP UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

 

 
Background
Books were open in front of a number of university freshmen who were silently waiting for the new lesson to be taught. Although students had stepped into a new place with a different atmosphere, they were quite familiar with the way their teachers dealt with the materials as they had been through it for years at school.
 
The teacher, as usual, was reading a short text in the reading comprehension class while drawing the students’ attention to the meanings of new words. Some of the students who were regarded as top were contributing by giving synonyms for the new words and the teacher pleased with their work encouraged other students to write them down so that they could memorize the words for the next session. After reading the text and working on the meaning of some vague sentences, students were required to answer the comprehension questions at the end of that unit. 
 
Students’ correct answers to the multiple choice,true/false and fill-in the blank items proved that they had learned the new lesson. The teacher satisfied with his teaching dismissed the class.The above scenario may sound very familiar to many teachers and students. Yet, it is not clear whether schools and universities which have the potential to be sites for fundamental changes, where students can be given empowering roles, would really result in any self and social development as the result of the above practices or not.