THE CURRENT SITUATION OF DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING AND DEBATING COMPETENCIES IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION OF LITERARY TEXTS: A CASE STUDY OF SOME NORTHERN PROVINCES OF VIETNAM

Abstract

Critical thinking and debating competencies are oriented in the 2018 general education program in Vietnam. These competencies are in the group of general competencies integrated into many subjects, including Philology and reading comprehension of literary texts. To ensure the effective implementation of the goals, it is necessary to conduct research in association with practice. Therefore, it is necessary to survey the current situation of teaching and developing reading comprehension of literary texts. This study was conducted with 10 experts (program trainers of the general education program), 215 teachers and 410 students (from 9 schools in the North of Vietnam). The survey results show that there are still many limitations in the perception of teachers and students about critical thinking. Actually organizing, evaluating and implementing activities to develop critical thinking competence in teaching reading comprehension of literary texts in their primitive form. It is necessary to propose measures to promote the development of critical thinking and debating competencies for secondary school students in accordance with the current situation in Vietnam.