The Other Cover of the World: A Study through Non- Canonical Short Stories and Critical Thinking

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The Other Cover of the World: A Study through Non- Canonical Short Stories and Critical Thinking
  1. Research Question
    1. How does the use of non-canonical short stories promote critical thinking in a 9th grade English as foreign language classroom?
    2. Objectives
      1. General
        1. To determine the role of non-canonical short stories development of the critical thinking in an English foreign language classroom
        2. Specific
          1. To identify the socio-cultural thinking that emerge in students’ discourse.
            1. To analyze the development of critical thinking processes through the use of non-canonical short stories in the classroom.
          2. Constructs
            1. Non- Canonical Short Stories
              1. This concept comes from the viewpoint that in the schools the reader plan is strongly determined by a series of readings which are inside the literary canon
              2. Critical Thinking
                1. “ Is a mental process of analyzing or evaluating information, particularly statements or propositions that are offered as true” (Hove, 2011)
              3. Theory of Language
                1. Interactional Perspective
                  1. Where the language as a vehicle that allows the human relations and the interaction in the society, the language is seen as a tool for creating and maintaining.
                2. Theory of Learning
                  1. Humanistic and Constructivist Movement
                    1. In which knowledge is not received or discovered by the learners through the teacher, instead it is something that is socially constructed.
                  2. Approach
                    1. Constructivist
                      1. Is a learner-centered approach to education with the emphasis of empowers the students to think and rethink the knowledge.
                    2. Research Methodology
                      1. Action Research
                        1. Involves a spiral self-reflective cycle in which the stages are the stages are planning, implementing, observing and evaluating
                      2. Research Paradigm
                        1. Qualitative Research
                        2. Techniques and Instruments
                          1. Direct Observations
                            1. Semistructured forman, which can focus on human actions, physical environments, or real-world events.
                            2. Students Artifacts
                              1. Consists of archival data, all creations of students, writings and other works carried out will be taken into account.
                            3. Lesson Plan Format
                              1. Boomerang didactic sequence proposed by Harmer (2007)
                                1. Allows the student as the center of the classroom, and the teacher as the guide.
                              2. Materials
                                1. Non-canonical Readings
                                  1. Connecting Cultures The ballad of Mulan Soy Negra
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