Fostering Critical Thinking Skills Through Literature Review’s Writing The Case of Master Two Students at the Department of English - Ammar Thelidji University - Laghouat.

Abstract

This study aims at investigating fostering of critical thinking skills through literature reviews writing. We hypothesized that writing literature reviews will develop students’ critical thinking skills. To achieve the objective of the study, a descriptive-qualitative method was followed. A questionnaire and a semi structured interview were used in order to collect data. The sample consisted of fivteen participants from Master Two students of English, and five teachers of English from the department of English at Amar Thelidji University in Laghouat, Algeria. This study took place during the 2nd semester of the academic year 2018-2019. The findings of the data analysis yielded positive results concerning critical thinking skills’ through writing literature reviews. Despite the fact that the students demonstrated positive attitudes towards writing literature reviews through using their writing process as they improved their critical skills. The results of the study demonstrated that both teachers and students attribute positive comments for integrating literature reviews’ writing as an effective tool in enhancing critical thinking skills.