Critical Thinking and Analytical Exposition Text in EFL Contexts: A Correlational Study

Rizka Nurul Atika; Suci Yulia Puspita; Tasya Arini

doi:10.24014/idj.v9i1.39646

Critical Thinking and Analytical Exposition Text in EFL Contexts: A Correlational Study

Rizka Nurul Atika, Suci Yulia Puspita, Tasya Arini

Abstract

This study investigates the correlation between students’ critical thinking and their ability in writing analytical exposition texts. The research was conducted using a quantitative correlational design involving 55 eleventh-grade students at a state Islamic senior high school in Pekanbaru. Data were collected through a critical thinking disposition questionnaire and a writing test. The findings indicate that students generally demonstrate moderate levels of critical thinking and writing ability. Statistical analysis using Pearson Product-Moment correlation reveals a significant positive correlation between the two variables. This suggests that students with higher critical thinking tend to produce better analytical exposition writing. The study highlights the importance of integrating critical thinking instruction into writing pedagogy to improve students’ academic writing performance.TRANSLATE with xEnglishArabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional Indonesian Slovak Czech Italian Slovenian Danish Japanese Spanish Dutch Klingon Swedish English Korean Thai Estonian Latvian Turkish Finnish Lithuanian Ukrainian French Malay Urdu German Maltese Vietnamese Greek Norwegian Welsh Haitian Creole Persian TRANSLATE with COPY THE URL BELOW BackEMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE Enable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal Back

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critical thinking; writing ability; analytical exposition; EFL learners; correlational study

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24014/idj.v9i1.39646