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<PublisherName>Science and Education Publishing</PublisherName>
<JournalTitle>American Journal of Educational Research</JournalTitle>
<Issn>2327-6150</Issn>
<Volume>4</Volume>
<Issue>12</Issue>
<PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
<Year>2016</Year>
<Month>7</Month>
<Day>28</Day>
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<ArticleTitle>Teaching and Learning ESL Writing by Critical Thinking</ArticleTitle>
<FirstPage>854</FirstPage>
<LastPage>860</LastPage>
<Language>EN</Language>
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<Author>
<FirstName>Diana Po Lan</FirstName>
<LastName>SHAM</LastName>
<Affiliation>Hong Kong Chinese Institute of Engineers Ltd. Honorary Lecturer, HKUSPACE &amp; CUHK, SCS</Affiliation>
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<ArticleId IdType="pii">EDUCATION20164121</ArticleId>
<ArticleId IdType="doi">10.12691/education-4-12-1</ArticleId>
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<PubDate PubStatus="received">
<Year>2016</Year>
<Month>4</Month>
<Day>28</Day>
</PubDate>
<PubDate PubStatus="revised">
<Year>2016</Year>
<Month>5</Month>
<Day>25</Day>
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<PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
<Year>2016</Year>
<Month>7</Month>
<Day>26</Day>
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<Abstract>In traditional ESL writing class, the English teacher/lecturer just gives the students a topic, a paragraph or a series of diagrams and then asks the class to write the essays individually. According to the revised Bloom's taxonomy [1], there are six levels including Remember; Understand; Apply; Analyze; Evaluate; Create. When we apply the taxonomy in teaching ESL writing and create an innovative and interactive setting, we can lead the learners to go through all the critical thinking stages. As a result, they have widened their scope with more fun after brainstorming and better learning outcomes in writing. I have adopted this method in teaching the ESL undergraduates and adult learners in various universities in Hong Kong,  and Zhuhai and found it very effective. In this paper, I am going to explain and analyze how the creative and interactive ESL writing classes are structured with an example and the students' feedback.</Abstract>
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