ELT Echo: The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2021): JUNE

CRITICAL THINKING ASPECT OF SUCCESSFUL ENGLISH LEARNERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Aan Roihatul Jannah (IAIN Syekh Nurjati)
Farouk Imam Arrasyid (IAIN Syekh Nurjati)
Ahmad Rifai (IAIN Syekh Nurjati)



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Publish Date
29 Jun 2021

Abstract

the learners’ skills of communication, collaboration, creative and critical thinking, information literacy, media literacy, technology literacy, leadership, initiative, productivity, social skill and flexibility are the important requirements in this 21st century. Those skills can be developed through learning a foreign language. A successful language learner covers several characteristics, which quite similar with the characteristics of a bilingual or multilingual. A lot of research had explored the characteristics of a successful language learner, without specifying the skills involved. The aim of this research is to analyze the profile of successful English learners on their critical thinking aspect. The method of this research is qualitative and the data is collected through interview for both teacher and learners. The result shows that the successful learners are commonly reached the standard of a good critical thinking based on the the theory adapted.

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eltecho

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ELT ECHO: The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Contexts accepts research articles related to English language education. The journal welcomes contributions in the following areas: 1. Literacy; 2. Second and Foreign language acquisition; 3. Bilingualism; 4. Multilingualism; 5. ...