<p>Research into critical thinking has witnessed its role in students’ foreign language learning, including English. Of components contributing to development, teachers are the ones who engage students about or making judgment of what they doing their learning process. As and skills known as intertwined, argumentative essays allow reflect on own writing. However, research teachers’ percep...

Does student-centered dialogical argumentation work in authentic classroom settings? Four experienced secondary teachers implemented an argument-based curriculum situated within the contexts of their four respective disciplines - language arts, history, science, and civic education. A mixed-method analysis showed that students who participated performed significantly better on a final argumenta...

ABSTRACTThis study investigates how Indonesian undergraduate EFL students construct argumentative essays through critical discussion using Declarative speech acts and pragmatic approaches. This employed a qualitative research method. The data consist of authored by majoring in English at private university Indonesia (N=34). Students worked pairs to discuss controversial topic, separated into pr...