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The ability to think critically is very important for students to acquire since it could assist t... more The ability to think critically is very important for students to acquire since it could assist them in solving problems. Critical thinking requires looking at an issue from several standpoints before reaching a final decision. One of the ways to teach critical thinking is through writing especially argumentative writing. All processes in constructing an argumentative essay require the writers to think critically. Regarding to the importance of critical thinking in writing argumentative essays, university students are the most appropriate subject of this study. Therefore, the subject of this research is the students in English Department of Unesa in 2013 academic year, particularly in Expository and Argumentative Writing B class. The objectives of this study are to identify how the students use critical thinking to construct argumentative essays and to describe how critical thinking is reflected in the students’ argumentative essays. This research is descriptive qualitative research...
The ability to think critically is very important for students to acquire since it could assist t... more The ability to think critically is very important for students to acquire since it could assist them in solving problems. Critical thinking requires looking at an issue from several standpoints before reaching a final decision. One of the ways to teach critical thinking is through writing especially argumentative writing. All processes in constructing an argumentative essay require the writers to think critically. Regarding to the importance of critical thinking in writing argumentative essays, university students are the most appropriate subject of this study. Therefore, the subject of this research is the students in English Department of Unesa in 2013 academic year, particularly in Expository and Argumentative Writing B class. The objectives of this study are to identify how the students use critical thinking to construct argumentative essays and to describe how critical thinking is reflected in the students’ argumentative essays. This research is descriptive qualitative research...