| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-12页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第12-13页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第13-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-16页 |
| ·Significance and Purpose of the Present Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-34页 |
| ·Critical Thinking | 第16-19页 |
| ·A brief history of the ideas on critical thinking | 第16-17页 |
| ·Definitions of critical thinking | 第17-19页 |
| ·Critical Thinking Skills | 第19-25页 |
| ·Delphi Panel’s model of critical thinking skills | 第19-20页 |
| ·Paul’s model of critical thinking skills | 第20-25页 |
| ·Wen’s model of critical thinking skills | 第25页 |
| ·Assessment of Critical Thinking Skills | 第25-27页 |
| ·Methods to Improve Critical Thinking Skills - The Thinker’s Guides | 第27-28页 |
| ·Related Studies on College Students’ Critical Thinking | 第28-33页 |
| ·Studies on critical thinking deficiencies among college students | 第28-29页 |
| ·Studies on the importance of teaching students to think critically | 第29-30页 |
| ·Studies on how to teach students to think critically | 第30-32页 |
| ·Studies on teaching critical thinking skills in English class in China | 第32页 |
| ·Limitations of the previous studies | 第32-33页 |
| ·Position of the Present Study | 第33-34页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第34-43页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第34页 |
| ·Participants | 第34-36页 |
| ·Participants of the pretest/survey | 第34-35页 |
| ·Participants of the interventional experiment | 第35-36页 |
| ·Teaching and Learning Materials | 第36页 |
| ·Instruments | 第36-39页 |
| ·A pilot study for TSA Cambridge | 第37-38页 |
| ·The posttest | 第38页 |
| ·Face-to-face interviews | 第38页 |
| ·Scoring | 第38-39页 |
| ·Procedures | 第39-41页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第41-43页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第43-54页 |
| ·The Differences in Critical Thinking Skills Between Liberal Arts Majors and Science and Engineering Majors | 第43-46页 |
| ·The current state of College English Students’ critical thinking skills | 第43-44页 |
| ·The comparison of critical thinking skills between liberal arts majors and science and engineering majors | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Effects of the Interventional Instruction on Critical Thinking Skills and English Learning Achievement | 第46-51页 |
| ·Effects of the intervention on critical thinking skills | 第46-49页 |
| ·Effects of the intervention on English learning achievement | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Comparison of Critical Thinking Skills and English Learning Achievement Following the Intervention | 第51-54页 |
| ·The comparison of critical thinking skills | 第51-52页 |
| ·The comparison of the English learning achievement | 第52-54页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第54-59页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第54-56页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第56页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第56-57页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Studies | 第57-59页 |
| REFERENCES | 第59-65页 |
| APPENDICES | 第65-103页 |
| Appendix A: Cambridge Thinking Skills Assessment | 第65-84页 |
| Appendix B: Background information questionnaire | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix C: The syllabus of the Integrated English Course | 第85-87页 |
| Appendix D: Weekly Instruction Schedule | 第87-92页 |
| Appendix E: Interview guiding questions | 第92-93页 |
| Appendix F: Cambridge Thinking Skills Assessment-Chinese Version | 第93-100页 |
| Appendix G: Handout of How to Improve Student Learning | 第100-103页 |
