Inquiry-based teaching to develop EFL students’ Critical thinking in reading comprehension

Rahmaniah Oktaviah,Nissa Mawarda Rokhman,Andi Reza Maulana

doi:10.21776/ub.educafl.2021.004.01.05

Abstract

The technology advancement in this era of globalization promotes the innovation and transformation in English language teaching and learning especially for EFL students. The innovations in English Language teaching and learning have fostered the variations of teaching strategy and method. One of the recent strategies proposed in pedagogical context is inquiry-based teaching strategy. Since the recent issues of active learning have been discussed in some school of thoughts, it is closely related to the importance of critical thinking students should have. In order to achieve English language learning goals, which is to enhance the students’ skill, competence, and also critical thinking, the teaching and learning process has to be designed more innovatively and effectively. Nevertheless, the implementation of this strategy should be adjusted in accordance to the students’ capability in learning English in class. Therefore, teachers have to understand well the characteristics of inquiry-based teaching before implementing it in class. This paper attempts to explore the use of inquiry-based teaching in promoting students’ critical thinking, especially in reading comprehension. This paper discusses the issues of this strategy based on theoretical frameworks and provides the example of an activity using 5E that can be applied in class. The reading activity through inquiry-based teaching can be constructed by the teacher by considering the students’ condition and environment.

Highlights

ISSN: 2540-7775 example, has different characteristics and the teachers have to construct the teaching strategy that is appropriate in teaching language skills
Since the recent issues of active learning have been discussed in some schools of thoughts, it is closely related to the importance of critical thinking students should have
Since the recent issues of active learning have been discussed in some school of thoughts, it is closely related to the importance of critical thinking students should have

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Introduction

ISSN: 2540-7775 example, has different characteristics and the teachers have to construct the teaching strategy that is appropriate in teaching language skills. As stated by Khatib & Nourzadeh (2011: 260) that the communicative activities will arouse students’ excitement and encourage them to use their imaginative powers that might be useful for their communicative skills development in the future To build this situation, the teachers are responsible to provide the appropriate facilities and give the students treatment through the interesting strategies in teaching reading. The reading activities can be created by the teacher appropriate with the learning objectives It is not as simple as giving the reading material and discussing the problems or the important points on the text, but reading is considered as an activity which requires students to have interaction to obtain the knowledge. Reading can broaden students’ experience in many aspects of learning such as the understanding of technology, culture, and science

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