CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN EFL CONTEXT: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

In a modern and rapidly changing world, it is important to be competent and adaptable to new ideas and innovations. Knowledge of a foreign language has a number of benefits such as expanding cultural awareness, deeper assimilation of information, being competitive in the labor market and educational context. Nevertheless, it is significant to successfully master the language skills as well as to be capable to clearly analyze and evaluate information, give weighted arguments, look at the situation from different angles and make rational decisions. These thought processes underlie critical thinking as a productive skill in personal development. Against the backdrop of globalization and educational reform, CT is increasingly perceived as an essential mastery intellectual improvement and growth. Based on this, students need to acquire critical thinking skills that will contribute to their conscious learning, where they, from the position of critics and inventors, may strengthen their academic success.