‘What makes you say that?’: Teaching teens critical thinking and reading

Nowadays our teenage students have a great variety of texts and information sources just a click away. However, it’s clear to see that unlimited access to information brings risks, too. That’s why today’s teens need to be able to evaluate what they read and hear in a rational and open-minded way. In this session I will give practical classroom tips on how to get our students into the habit of thinking systematically and making balanced judgements about the texts, and images, that they are exposed to.

Dave is a practising secondary school teacher working in Spain. He studied languages at Oxford University and trained to be a secondary school teacher in 1986. He is the author of the best-selling ‘Gateway’ series, the latest edition of which is ‘Gateway to the World’. Dave has given talks in over 30 countries, including three previous trips to the Czech Republic, and is active on social media at https://www.facebook.com/teachwithdave.

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