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| Critical Thinking Cultivation Perspectives on the Differences between Chinese and American Textbook Contents：The Enlightment from PISA Result |
| LAI Qin-Jiang, ZHANG Hong-Xia, WAN Dong-Sheng, LI Min-Yi |
| 1.Institute of Education, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu,210093;2.School of Education Science, Jiangsu Second Normal University,Nanjing,Jiangsu,210013;3.Faculty of Education,Beijing Normal University, Beijing,100875 |
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Abstract Critical thinking is an important capability of language literacy and reading is the core of language teaching. PISA2009 shows that Chinese students in reading literacy scored the highest of the world, but the sub-score of the critical thinking part was much lower than the other two dimensions, which attracted wide attention. Chinese reading textbooks are significantly different from that of USA in several types including the natural world, emotional and moral affaires, historical and cultural tradition, patriotism and life skills. In addition, there is a huge difference between Chinese and American textbooks about the proportion of non-continuous texts. The cultivation of students' reading ability in critical thinking is related to the content and text format. The author suggests to add more non-continuous texts which are closely linked to student life and social reality.
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Received: 01 July 2014
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2014, Vol. 11 
