Perception
The author through this article has clearly understood and revealed the reasons for the poor language education curriculum. He believes that the Indonesian students are left behind due to the lack of variety and process in the their curriculum. The author also mentions reconstructing the perception of the essence of the language education, especially on the part of teachers, bureaucrats and college professors. The article also describes the perception of the students and the teachers. The students perceive only the theory of the language missing out the functional side of it totally.
Assumption
The author mentions that the teachers take language proficiency for granted. When evaluating assignments they tend to focus on the substance and ignore the linguistic accuracy. This makes students assume that they are linguistically proficient.
Emotion
Through the changes in curriculum to include public speaking, debates, role-playing students would be encouraged to develop critical thinking and this would create an emotional atmosphere.
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Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines
English: There are no symbols that represent skept...In addition, when students are open-minded to accept criticism and differences it creates an environment for emotional exchange.
Language
Language is a tool for thinking. The author feels that Language education should be redesigned in the framework of thinking curriculum, which encompasses critical thinking skills, i.e., generating possibilities, analysis, comparison and contrast, inference and interpretation, evaluation and met cognition.
Argument
The author argues that the current language education curriculum is not allowing students to think, communicate or write effectively. He also argues that the teachers, bureaucrats and college professors do not take this seriously. He feels the necessity for an overhaul.
Fallacy
The author mentions that non-language teachers take language proficiency for granted. During assignment evaluations, they focus on the substance and ignore the language. This makes the students believe that they are linguistically proficient and this belief is incorrect.
Logic
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Poor critical skills
The stated reason of Students' week command of critical thinking is true. I think that teachers and the curriculum should be careful to help students master the language well and also, to present situations where they should decide for themselves instead of going with the flow. The modern world needs open-minded people with the ability to judge and critisize not passive ones!
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