AE Live! Teacher Professional Development Events - AE Live 5.1: Practical Applications for Critical Thinking in English Language Teaching and Learning

English Language Teaching Methodology: This session is part of the American English Live! teacher professional development series. Many educators understand the value of Critical Thinking (CT) and other 21st Century Skills but may have limited time to create new materials, few hours in a week to work with learners, and/or a set curriculum which they are required to carefully follow. This session offers an easy way to determine how much CT is already part of existing your materials and practical ways to weave more CT into them on a regular basis. By the end of the session, we will have (a) reviewed some of the key features of CT and its importance as an element in any learning environment, (b) discussed ways to analyze current materials for CT content, and (c) identified practical ways to easily apply CT in language teaching and learning. To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov