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INDONESIAN STUDENT TEACHERS’ CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN TEXT ANALYSIS WITH CDA APPROACH
Corresponding Author(s) : Dwijani Ratnadewi
Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews,
Vol. 7 No. 3 (2019): May
Abstract
Purpose of Study: The present study investigated the impact of critical discourse analysis (CDA) on Indonesian students teachers’ critical thinking skills in their final projects.
Methodology: The study analyzed four final projects of student teachers text analysis. It was a qualitative meta-study applying four stages of Brengtsson'scontent analysis. These student teachers analyzed the world leaders’ political speeches and lawyers’ arguments in court using the CDA approach.
Results: The result of the analysis indicated that 58.3% of the students got the Proficient Level achievement, spreading from the critical skills of communication, analysis (interpretation) and synthesis.
Implications/Applications: The result illustrates that text analysis with CDA devices positively influenced the student teachers’ critical thinking skills. Meanwhile, 75% of them were at low achievement, at the Emergent level, for Reflection (Self-regulating) skills, due to the fact that these students were not accustomed to observing their own analysis.
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Avicenna, M.F.R., Critical discourse analysis of Bill Clinton’s liberal discourse. Muhammadiyah University Surabaya, Indonesia Library.(2015)
Bengtsson, M., How to plan and perform a qualitative study using content analysis. NursingPlus Open. 2. (2016)
Edelman, Adam, 2016, Half of US Voters agree with Donald Trump’s plan to temporarily ban Moslems for entering the country. Daily News. March 29. (2016) At http://www. nydailynews.com /news/national/u-s-voters-agree-trump-muslim-ban-plan-article. Accessed 10/1/2017.
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Fairclough, N. & R. Wodak , Critical discourse analysis. In T. A. Van Dijk (ed.), Discourse as social interactions. London: Sage. (1997)
Fairclough, Norman, Critical discourse analysis as a method in social scientific research. Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis. London: Sage.(2001)
Fairclough, Norman, Language and Power. New York: Longman Inc.(1989)
Gee, James Paul, An Introduction to Discourse Analysis, Theory and Method.London : Routledgeby.(2005)
Halpern, Diane F, Teaching for Critical Thinking: Helping College Students Develop the Skills and Dispositions of a Critical Thinker, New directions for teaching and learning, 80 (1999)
Hashemi, M.R and Afsaneh G., Discourse Analysis and Critical thinking : An experimental study in EFL context. System. 40,1(2012)
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Van Dijk, T. A., Discourse as structure and process. Discourse studies in A multidisciplinary introduction,(Ed.). London: SAGE Publications Ltd.(1998)
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