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This presentation investigates how multicultural classroom settings can enhance the student's critical thinking skills. Although the methods of teaching critical thinking skills can be divided into various groups, the author tried to focus on the cultural differences between Japanese and international students at a Japanese university. In the classroom, students were asked to read materials and then state their opinion. The main results are as follows: (a) cultural differences have an effect on the making of proposition; (b) international students tend to pay more attention to the language aspects of the materials than the contents; (c) international students tend to use mental resources for processing language.
