A Case Study of Cultivating Students’ Critical Thinking in High School English Reading Teaching

Abstract

Critical reading is a crucial tool for enhancing the self-reading ability and critical thinking ability of high school students. In the
context of high school English reading teaching, the cultivation of critical thinking skills is not only essential but also urgent. This is because
critical thinking allows students to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information presented in texts, enabling them to develop a deeper understanding of the content and its underlying meanings. In this paper, a reading lesson in Unit 17 of Book 6 of the Selective (2019 Edition)
in High School English Teaching from Beijing Normal University is analyzed to understand the design intention and analyze how the teacher
cultivates students’ critical thinking ability, strengthens the critical thinking training for students, improves students’ reading ability, and ultimately improves students’ critical thinking ability and reading ability, in terms of the various teaching links as well as the teaching activities.