Significance of Integrating Critical Thinking in English Language Classroom of Young Learners

Abstract

The study takes a challenging task of integrating Critical Thinking in young learners classroom of English as second language which is the need of the  hour. The problem is the gap between teaching skills and learning. This gap is increasing day by day especially in rural areas. There is an immense need to abridge this gap. In order to do so this research offers a new
possibility of integrating Critical thinking in language classrooms of young learners. Our educational system should enable learners to face real life challenges. This study is aimed to measure the attitudes of primary school teachers and test the treatment of an activity of role play on the primary school EFL learners. The challenge to integrate critical thinking in students
is of dual nature as at primary level learner are supposed to do higher order thinking in a foreign language. This though seems difficult, but keeping in mind that this is the right time to teach critical thinking to the learners the researchers were successful in finding the positive results of one aspect of activity based teaching/learning on the young learners.