高等学校における評論文のクリティカル・リーディング : 思考の過程を可視化する学習指導

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This empirical research on critical reading reports the method and its practice in high school that enable learners to critically read and express while maintaining a dialogue with the text. Three goals were set: (1) to learn how to analyze, (2) to learn how to deepen learners' thoughts, and (3) to learn how to express learners' ideas through their thoughts. Specifically, the learners took a macroscopic view of the text, recognized the structure of passages and the rhetoric inferred from the information in the text, connected the context with their own knowledge, interpreted the applied model, and evaluated the text through comprehensive thought. Furthermore, the learners practiced writing following the criticism expressed in the text itself so that they could build awareness of the writer's point of view. A cooperative learning style was applied to every activity. The repetition of these learning activities created an attitude of text-searching, a deeper understanding, a comprehensive and analytical way of reading, and an improvement in the quality of revision. The cooperative learning activities enabled visualization of the thinking process and helped the class enjoy the process.