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Critical Thinking Through Language
Author(s) -
Kragness Sheila I.
Publication year - 1945
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1945.tb00309.x
Subject(s) - linguistic relativity , critical thinking , linguistics , psychology , pedagogy , sociology , mathematics education , cognition , philosophy , neuroscience
Author's summary.— Language teachers share with social science teachers an imperative responsibility for developing in their pupils the ability to combat propaganda through critical thinking. Language study, by making the student aware of the relativity of word meanings, helps him to detect perversions of language and of ideas.