Developing Critical Thinking through Critical Review: A Case Study of Issues on Linguistics Class at Universitas Brawijaya

Abstract

This research first aims at formulating the design of critical review assignment which can develop students' critical thinking skills and student engagement in Issues on Linguistics course. Besides it also investigates the extent to which the critical review assignment can develop students' critical thinking skills and student engagement. This research is also intended to explore the students' perspective on the usefulness of critical review assignments. The data were obtained from questionnaire, document analysis and observations. This research involves three Issues on Linguistics classes with the total number of students of 42.This research revealed that critical review assignment can enhance students' critical thinking skills, academic writing skills and team work. Therefore, it is suggested that critical review assignments can be used as an alternative assignment or assessment in any content courses.