AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON THE APPLICATION OF CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN IELTS SPEAKING MODULE.
Abstract
This paper is an attempt to explore one of the IELTS modules, speaking where the assessment uses Critical Thinking to discuss topics in the 3rd part. How different parts in the speaking module is divided and tested is explained in detail. Critical thinking skills in combination with Bloom’s Taxonomy are experimented with the key words used in part 3 by the examiner to test the language proficiency and the ability of the test taker to analyze and evaluate different topics in a limited time. An overview is generated evaluating the maximum number of IELTS test takers from Asia and how their Critical thinking skills are compared to their western companions which could probably affect their testing score using the second language in IELTS Speaking. The paper concludes with the importance of Critical thinking in life situations and an appeal to spread in all the disciplines to bring about standard of human thinking and thus life in total.
