Critical and Reflective English Teaching Practice

Should Chimpanzees Be Considered 'Persons' ? By: Jeff Sebo  Link:  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/07/opinion/sunday/chimps-legal-personhood.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion&action=click&contentCollection=opinion&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront   "You might be aware that chimpanzees can recognize themselves in a mirror, communicate  through sign language, pursue goals creatively and form long-lasting friendships. You might also  think that these are the kinds of things that a person can do. However, you might not think of  chimpanzees as persons." (Introduction) "The Nonhuman Rights Project does. Since 2013, the group has been working on behalf of two  chimpanzees, Kiko and Tommy, currently being held in cages by their “owners” without the  company of other chimpanzees." (Background Information) "In response, the Nonhuman R...

The critical thinking : A good critical thinker is someone who is aware of the assumptions they make, whether those assumptions are accurate or not. What makes us a good critical thinker is the way we think about our life decisions: Actions, judgments, and reasons. The creative thinking: A good creative thinker is someone who view ideas from multiples points of view and generate interpretations based on those views. Also, is able to communicate that thought through a variety of different ways. Kinds of assumptions: ·         Causal: Causal assumptions are cause and effects assumptions. Why things happen? ·         Prescriptive: A prescriptive assumption are the thoughts that we have about what a good person does to do something? How things should happen and how we should behave. ·         Paradigmatic: Pragmatic assumptions are structuring assumptions viewed as obvi...

Reflective Task 1: Emotional self-management. For me, the emotions that more difficult to manage when others disagree with me are: I think that the emotions most difficult to manage when some disagree with me are, frustration because I want to convinced that person that what I’m saying it is true, even when I give real facts. Another emotion it is kind of anger because people that do not believe me or in what I’m saying are annoyed, for me, and that becomes into a feeling of anger in me. I deal with this by: Trying to keep calm and controlling my thoughts because sometimes I tend to be a bit of aggressive in terms of vocabulary. So, what I try to do is to keep calm and look at the other person's perspectives or point of views and see if what they are saying is valid based on the reasons, they give me. As Cottrell, S. (2005) said, it is not necessary to be a good critical thinker to identify if the reasons provided by a person are valid or weak. Reflective Task 2:...