USE OF VIDEO FOR DEVELOPING 1st YEAR STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY
Keywords:
critical thinking, practical issues, skills, communicative proficiency, language density, difficulty, motivating the learnersAbstract
The article focuses on developing critical thinking abilities is a key component of the contemporary approach to teaching a foreign language since it promotes communicative proficiency. Working with videos from the Internet is another potent educational tool in the teacher's toolbox.
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