I enjoyed the challenge of getting to grips with the topic of ‘critical thinking and study skills’ from a language teaching perspective. My tech-savvy students certainly know how to get hold of information; what they do with it once they have it is another question altogether.

The session looked at some practical examples of how we can use the context of an EFL lesson to initiate a discussion about how we think and how we study. I approached the topic in class with puzzles, dilemmas and brainteasers, which I have found to be an excellent method for encouraging students to examine their own thinking and decision-making processes.

Links and references can be found here

There is also a handout with some (but not all!) of the classroom activities that we looked at.

And this?

This is water.