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Hello and welcome to my short lecture today on an introduction to critical thinking at university.
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So just to begin, I think I should say
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that critical thinking is a huge area and to cover all elements will take a significant amount of time,
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so I'm just going to look at the basic key aspects associated with reading and writing at university.
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Now I've divided my lecture today into five key parts.
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I'll begin by defining critical thinking, then I'll use recent research to discuss alternative thinking styles.
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I'll then use Bloom's Taxonomy to highlight higher order thinking skills,
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which leads into a simple approach to help activate your critical thinking.
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And finally, I'll demonstrate critical thinking questioning on this lecture.
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OK, so let's begin with a definition.
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Thank you.
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Critical thinking is a systematic evaluation of the arguments, ideas and theories of others.
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The basic premise of critical thinking involves asking critical questions to form an educated opinion of whether
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or not those resources are credible.
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On a basic level, we are questioning the things we read and hear to see if they are objective
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truthful and supported by appropriate evidence.
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However, one of the main challenges is
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that each of us carries a set of beliefs and opinions that may interfere with our willingness to alter these beliefs,
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even when faced with concrete evidence that refutes them.
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Generally, everyone has an opinion about most things, but of course these opinions can be founded in unreliable and invalid information.
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OK, so moving on to my second point, which is alternative thinking styles.
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I'm going to refer to the research by Brown
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and Keely 2013 as in my opinion their analogy provides a clear explanation of thinking types.
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So, according to them, there are two distinct thinking styles: the sponge and panning for gold.
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So, the sponge involves the basic premise of passively absorbing information without the use of critical thinking.
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The two benefits of this style are
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that the person can absorb large amounts of information to view the world from different perspectives
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and it does not require huge amounts of mental exertion.
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However, this process of thinking offers no dependable procedure for determining which opinions or information to trust and which ones to reject.
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The second approach which is referred to as panning for gold
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uses the river mining metaphor of separating particles of gold from soil by washing in a pan with water.
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It highlights that critical thinking is carefully inspecting and examining the information you read.
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This process is beneficial as it asks active readers
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and listeners to frequently ask critical questions and take time to contemplate whether the information is reliable and factual.
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Obviously, this type of thinking is challenging and often repetitive,
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but failure to do this will lead to a passive acceptance of ideas without critical analysis.
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Okay, this leads nicely into Bloom's taxonomy.
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This is a classification pyramid of learning levels which maps the way we think and process information.
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The lower levels of learning are remembering, understanding and applying.
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These can be seen as the sponge or lower order thinking skills, where information is given and absorbed.
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The higher order thinking skills are analysing, evaluating and creating.
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These are planning for gold or your critical thinking skills.
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So let's focus on the higher order thinking skills starting with analysing.
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So, analysing is breaking the information down into separate components and looking for relationships between ideas and overall structures.
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Through analysing content, you will recognise unstated assumptions, logical reasoning and relevancy of data.
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So, at this level, you can answer questions like why, how and what if.
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Moving on to Evaluating.
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Evaluating is judging, assessing and criticising information through using what you know to make a decision and support your views.
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To be successful at this, you need a profound understanding of the topic or idea you are evaluating.
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At this level you can answer questions like "So what?" and "What's next?"
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Creating is the highest level where you combine all elements of the taxonomy to produce new or original work.
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It requires inventiveness and originality to form new opinions and structures.
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At this level you can answer questions like: How can it be improved or how can it be changed or adapted?
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Now, there are many critical thinking question sheets and resources on the internet
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and in your universities that are all very beneficial and helpful.
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But, I find it more productive to focus on analysing
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and evaluating rather than going through a whole list of questions
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every time I find a point in a text I want to question.
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So, my advice is this: when starting out with critical thinking, just use the simple question tools of analysing which are why,
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how and what if.
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and evaluating which are 'so what' and 'what's next'.
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This keeps your critical thinking strategies simple, focused and effective.
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And more importantly, Analysis and evaluation are key components of university assessment criteria.
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However, it is important to remember that critical thinking is a higher level skill and needs time to develop and mature.
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It is not something you will become good at overnight as it can take months
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or even years of practice to fully develop this skill.
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In fact, recent research by Stanford University 2018 states that critical thinking is a lifelong process.
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Okay.
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So now I'm going to demonstrate how you may apply the critical thinking questioning of analysing and evaluating to this lecture today.
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So let's start with analysing and the why questions.
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The kind of questions you may ask could be, why did he do this lecture?
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Why did he choose the Brown and Keely research and Bloom's taxonomy?
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Why were only three sources used?
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And then you go on to the how questions.
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Possible questions are: How do we know this is reliable?
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How is this similar to other critical thinking concepts?
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How does this apply to me and my university study?
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And then the what if questions.
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Examples are: What if these concepts are wrong?
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And what if it is too simplistic?
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Then we move on to the evaluating questions.
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And examples of so what would be Is this significant to me?
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Is this convincing?
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Do I agree?
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What's wrong with it?
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And then the what's next questions such as, will I use what I have learnt today?
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How can it be improved?
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And has this been disproved?
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Okay, let's move on to the summary.
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So today I have provided a basic definition of critical thinking.
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I've used recent research to highlight the two alternative thinking styles of the sponge and panning for gold.
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I focused on Bloom's taxonomy pyramid and drawn attention to the top three levels of higher thinking skills.
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And in this part, I have focused on the importance of questioning words like Why,
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How, What If, So What and What's Next to aid critical analysis.
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The last part was to apply the higher thinking skills to today's lecture.
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So, I hope today's lecture has been really beneficial in simplifying critical thinking skills for use in reading and writing at university.
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My final point today is that I'd like to finish with something that was mentioned earlier.
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It is to try to be consciously aware of our own beliefs and preconceived opinions, as these are the thoughts that prevent true criticality.
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Thank you for listening to my lecture today.
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Goodbye.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Bu dersin kelimeleri ve konuşma notları
Bu C1 seviyesindeki konuşma dersi “Critical Thinking Lecture: an introduction to critical thinking” videosuna dayanıyor. En çok tekrarlanan kelimeler: thinking, critical, skill, analysing, evaluating. Bu videoda gölgeleme çalışması için 103 cümle ve 1238 kelime var. Konuşma bölümü 9:57 sürüyor. Konuşmacı dakikada yaklaşık 124 kelimelik dengeli bir hızla konuşuyor; gölgeleme için rahat bir tempo. Kelimelerin %82’i İngilizcede en sık kullanılan 3.000 kelime arasında; geri kalanına başlamadan önce bakmakta fayda var. 103 cümlenin 16 tanesi soru; soru tonlaması ve kısa cevaplar için iyi bir alıştırma.
Bu videodaki önemli kelimeler
Videodaki en ileri düzey 15 kelime, telaffuzu ve anlamıyla:
| Kelime | Telaffuz | Anlam |
|---|---|---|
| evaluate fiil | /ɪˈvaljʊeɪt/ | değerlendirmek |
| taxonomy isim | /tækˈsɑnəmi/ | sınıflandırma, taksonomi |
| sponge isim | /spʌnd͡ʒ/ | sünger |
| absorb fiil | /æbˈsɔɹb/ | absorbe etmek, soğurmak |
| pyramid isim | /ˈpɪɹ.ə.mɪd/ | piramit, ehram |
| premise isim | /ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/ | mukaddem, öncül |
| contemplate fiil | /ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/ | yoğunlaşmak, düşünmek |
| criterion isim | /kɹaɪˈtɪɹ.i.ən/ | ölçüt, kriter |
| dependable sıfat | [dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ] | güvenilir, itimada şayan |
| originality isim | /əˌɹɪd͡ʒɪˈnælɪti/ | orijinalite |
| passively zarf | /ˈpæs.ɪv.li/ | pasif olarak |
| refute fiil | /ɹɪˈfjuːt/ | aksini ispatlamak, delilleri çürütmek |
| simplify fiil | /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/ | sadeleştirmek |
| truthful sıfat | /ˈtɹuːθ.f(ə)l/ | gerçekçi |
| listener isim | /ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/ | dinleyici |
Bu videodaki dil bilgisi
Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:
| Yapı | Videoda |
|---|---|
| Edilgen yapı be + fiilin üçüncü hâli — kimin yaptığı değil, ne olduğu önemli | can be founded · is referred · can be seen |
| Present perfect have/has + fiilin üçüncü hâli — geçmişte olan ama şimdi de önemli olan bir eylem | I've divided · have learnt · have provided |
| İlgi cümlecikleri who / which + cümle — bir kişi ya da şey hakkında ek bilgi | point, which is · approach which is · analysing which are |
Dikkat edilecek telaffuzlar
Konuşmacı I'll, I'm, I've gibi kısaltılmış biçimleri 10 kez kullanıyor. Bunları duyduğunuz gibi kısa söyleyin.
- “sh” ve “zh” sesleri: beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, exertion /ɪɡˈzɝʃən/, assumption /əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/
- Uzun kelimeler — vurguyu doğru yere koyun: taxonomy /tækˈsɑnəmi/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, criterion /kɹaɪˈtɪɹ.i.ən/, criticality /ˈkɹɪtɪˌkælɪti/, dependable [dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ]
Türkçe konuşanların zorlandığı sesler:
- Kelime başındaki ünsüz kümesi — araya ünlü eklemeyin: sponge /spʌnd͡ʒ/, premise /ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/, criterion /kɹaɪˈtɪɹ.i.ən/, criticality /ˈkɹɪtɪˌkælɪti/, preconceived /ˌpɹiːkənˈsiːvd/
- /æ/ — “e”den daha açık: taxonomy /tækˈsɑnəmi/, absorb /æbˈsɔɹb/, criticality /ˈkɹɪtɪˌkælɪti/, originality /əˌɹɪd͡ʒɪˈnælɪti/, passively /ˈpæs.ɪv.li/
Bu videoyla nasıl çalışılır
- Videonun tamamını konuşmadan bir kez dinleyin ve bilmediğiniz kelimeleri not edin.
- Normal hızda cümle cümle tekrar edin; ritminiz konuşmacıyla aynı olana kadar her cümleyi yineleyin.
- Kendinizi kaydedin ve orijinaliyle karşılaştırın; evaluate, taxonomy, sponge gibi kelimelere özellikle dikkat edin.
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Gölgeleme, başlangıçta profesyonel tercüman eğitimi için geliştirilen ve çok dilli Dr. Alexander Arguelles tarafından popüler hale getirilen, bilim destekli bir dil öğrenme tekniğidir. Yöntem basit ama güçlüdür: ana dili İngilizce olan bir sesi dinler ve hemen yüksek sesle tekrar edersiniz — konuşmacıyı 1-2 saniye gecikmeyle takip eden bir gölge gibi. Pasif dinleme veya dilbilgisi alıştırmalarının aksine, gölgeleme beyninizi ve ağız kaslarınızı gerçek konuşma kalıplarını eşzamanlı olarak işlemeye ve yeniden üretmeye zorlar. Araştırmalar, telaffuz doğruluğu, tonlama, ritim, bağlı konuşma, dinleme anlama ve konuşma akıcılığını önemli ölçüde geliştirdiğini göstermektedir — bu da onu IELTS Konuşma hazırlığı ve gerçek dünya İngilizce iletişimi için en etkili yöntemlerden biri yapar.