become more aware of what critical thinking involves find out about different types of writings (二)教学内容 1.主要内容 l）Critical thinking 2)Types of writing 3)Extended writing 2.基本概念和知识点 1)Critical thinking A.What is critical thinking? B.Why is critical thing considered important in the academic fields? C.Critical thinking skills D.Critical reading and critical thinking 2)Types of writing A.Thinking about what students in higher education write a)extended essays or projects b)theses c)dissertations d)reports e)case studies f)notes g)annotations (e.g.,on handouts,photocopied originals, etc.) B.Thesis vs dissertation 3)Extended writing 3.问题与应用（能力要求） Discuss in groups: Why is critical thing considered important in the academic fields? (三)思考与实践 Unit Summary:Exercise 1-4; (四)教学方法与手段 本章教学主要采用的方法和手段：课堂讲授、多媒体教学、团队合作、分 组讨论、课堂讨论。 3 3 • become more aware of what critical thinking involves • find out about different types of writings （二）教学内容 1．主要内容 1) Critical thinking 2) Types of writing 3) Extended writing 2. 基本概念和知识点 1) Critical thinking A. What is critical thinking? B. Why is critical thing considered important in the academic fields? C. Critical thinking skills D. Critical reading and critical thinking 2) Types of writing A. Thinking about what students in higher education write a) extended essays or projects b) theses c) dissertations d) reports e) case studies f) notes g) annotations (e.g., on handouts, photocopied originals, etc.) B. Thesis vs dissertation 3）Extended writing 3. 问题与应用（能力要求） Discuss in groups： Why is critical thing considered important in the academic fields? （三）思考与实践 Unit Summary： Exercise 1-4; （四）教学方法与手段 本章教学主要采用的方法和手段: 课堂讲授、多媒体教学、团队合作、分 组讨论、课堂讨论