A Feasibility Study of Improving College Students' Critical Thinking Skills Through English Public Speaking

摘要

Critical thinking skills are embedded in students' competence of making public speeches in English. This study tries to investigate the effect of English speech training on developing students' critical thinking by using content analysis and interviews. Participants in an English public speaking training program were interviewed twice during the program and their speech drafts were analyzed. The result of the study shows the improvement of students' critical thinking skills and the feasibility of introducing speech training into college English class.