Mind Mirror Projects: A Tool for Integrating Critical Thinking into the English Language Classroom

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 1 featuring a mountain in Hawaii

Students often have difficulty 'reading between the lines.' This article suggests the use of mind mirror activities as a tool to improve students' critical thinking and learning skills (e.g., analysis, categorization, clarification, inferencing). The author describes a successful five-day group project from his own classroom that ended in students sharing their work through poster presentations.

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Matthew M. Tully

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Teachers Grammar Reading Integrated Skills Teacher Training Critical Thinking Project
Cover of English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 1 featuring a mountain in Hawaii

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 1 featuring a mountain in Hawaii

English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 1

This issue features Hawaii, and a lesson plan guides teachers in exploring Hawaiian culture, and their own cultures, with their students. Other articles discuss integrating indigenous cultures into English language teaching, integrating critical thinking into language teaching, using story boxes in