On many occasions, experts and scholars in foreign languages Educational circles believethere is deficiency in English majors' critical thinking ability (e.g. He Qixin 1999; Englisheducational team 2001). Meanwhile, the necessity of cultivating critical thinking abilityamong English majors has been widely recognized and appealed by more and more scholars(He Qixin 1999; Wen Qiufang 2008; Huang Yuanshen 2010). The current “Syllabus forEnglish Majors” has emphasized the importance of thinking ability and has highlighted theaim of education to enhance students' thinking ability and innovation ability: In theprofessional courses, teachers should be aware of training students' ability of analysis,synthesis and generalizing, and their capacity of finding problems and solving problems.Language skills training and innovation ability cultivating should be balanced in
On many occasions, experts and scholars in foreign languages Educational circles believethere is deficiency in English majors' critical thinking ability (e.g. He Qixin 1999; Englisheducational team 2001). Meanwhile, the necessity of cultivating critical thinking abilityamong English majors has been widely recognized and appealed by more and more scholars(He Qixin 1999; Wen Qiufang 2008; Huang Yuanshen 2010). The current “Syllabus forEnglish Majors” has emphasized the importance of thinking ability and has highlighted theaim of education to enhance students' thinking ability and innovation ability: In theprofessional courses, teachers should be aware of training students' ability of analysis,synthesis and generalizing, and their capacity of finding problems and solving problems.Language skills training and innovation ability cultivating should be balanced in