Research on the Teaching Task Design of “Reading Circles” in Senior High School Aiming at the Cultivation of Critical Thinking Ability

Critical thinking ability is an important element of under the core competence English discipline. Combined with “Reading Circles”, a kind group-based and student-centered reading activity, this paper explores relationship between Circles” four critical abilities: focus definition, analysis evaluation, reasoning demonstration, review correction. Taking task design in The Million Pound Bank Note as example, expounds high school teaching aiming at students’ cultivation which provides specific operable practical example for development Circles" course senior school.