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Critical Thinking
Academic Lecture: an introduction to critical thinking

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Critical Thinking an introduction


[listening test questions]
Author: C. Wilson
Date: March 2020
Time: 10:01
Level: ***** [B2/C1]

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Key vocabulary
1. Critical thinking / criticality / higher-level thinking skills
2. Analysis / evaluation
3. Elements / aspects / components
4. A taxonomy / a classification
5. Systematic
6. A premise
7. Credible
8. Objective
9. To interfere
10. To determine
11. An analogy
12. A sponge / to absorb
13. to pan for gold (metaphor)
14. To inspect / to examine
15. Assumptions / reasoning
16. Relevancy
17. Profound
18. Inventiveness
19. Synthesised
20. Strategies
21. To mature
22. A life-long process
23. To be convinced
24. Exploration
25.
26. Preconceived opinions

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Critical Thinking: an introduction


by C.Wilson (2020)
1. What is the title of the lecture?

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2. What are the five key parts of the lecture?
1 A definition
2
3
4
5
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3. Critical thinking definition fill in the missing words [1st letter is given]

Critical thinking is a i. s__________________ evaluation of the arguments, ideas and theories of


others. The basic premise of critical thinking involves asking critical questions in order to form an
ii. e______________ opinion of whether or not those resources are iii. c______________. On a basic

level, we are questioning the things we read and hear to see if they are iv. o_________________,
truthful and supported by v. a_______________ evidence. ___/ 5

4. What is one of the main challenges of critical thinking?

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Alternative thinking styles
5. What are the names of the academic authors and date of their research?
Date
Names
[2 names=2 points]
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6. The alternative thinking styles fill in the table.


What are the names i. The sponge ii.
of the two styles?
Name a benefit of iii. iv.
this style.

Name a negative v. vi. This type of thinking is challenging and


aspect of this style. often repetitive.

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7. What is taxonomy?

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8. Complete the diagram.

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Higher-level thinking skills


9. Read these statements and decide if they are true or false.
T/F
1 Analysing is judging, assessing and criticising information through using what you
know to make decisions and support your views.
2 Analysing content is to recognise unstated assumptions, logical reasoning and
relevancy of data.
3 The three analysing questions are Why? How? and What next?

4 Evaluating is breaking the information down into separate components, looking


for relationships between ideas and overall structures.
5 To be good at evaluating, you need a knowledgeable understanding of the topic.

6 The two evaluating questions are so what? and what if?

7 Creating is combining the analysing and evaluation elements of the taxonomy to


produce new work.
8 Creating questions are, how it could be improved or changed?

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10. What is the advice from the lecturer to begin critical thinking?

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11. Is critical thinking a quick skill to acquire? why? why not?
i.
Yes No

ii. Why? Why not?

iii. Who was the research by?

iv. What did the research state?

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Critical analysis of the lecture


12. Critical questions were asked at the end of the lecture. Write down 5 of them.
0 Why did I do this lecture?

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Final point
13. What was the final message of the lecture

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Reflection

Total Score ___ / 46

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