Dialogically Minded Podcast: A Critically Minded Network Podcast: Critical Thinking for 2nd Language Learners: Recent Episodes
David Gann and Jennie Roloff Rothman
In this final episode, David and Jennie reflect on the last previous thirteen episodes and get in a few last words before saying farewell.
In this second to last episode, David and Jennie discuss rules and when the rules do not apply.
Sometimes, you just have to explain to people that they are wrong. Their facts are false or their thinking is flawed David and Jennie explain how to do this in polite and helpful language.
Sometimes you don't really want to tell someone what to do, but you do feel that you have some good ideas for them. David and Jennie get into some very suggestive language.
In this first episode, David and Jennie discuss the language of giving examples, illustrating through imagery, and making analogies.
In this episode David and Jennie discuss the language used when making comparisons, and when including and excluding.
Have you ever not been sure that you understood what was being said? In this episode, David and Jennie discuss how to take the guesswork out of understanding.
Have you ever not been in the mood to discuss a topic. David and Jennie explain how to avoid unpleasant conversation topics.
What do you say when you are interrupted. How do you get back to the subject you were discussing? In this fifth episode David and Jennie these conversational strategies.
When speaking with other people, a conversation can often go far from the main subject. It is often necessary to create focus. David and Jennie discuss how to do just that.
In this third episode David and Jennie discuss the kinds of language used to express weak, medium and strong levels of conviction.
In this second episode David and Jennie discuss the language used to express opinions, agree, and disagree in various situations.
In this first episode David and Jennie introduce themselves and explain why they are producing this podcast. They speak briefly about what critical thinking is and why it is a skill set worth pursuing.