Discourse analysis and Critical Thinking as a tool for Teachers of English as a second Language

Discourse Analysis is concerned with the study of the relationship between language and the contexts in which it is used. With a more accurate picture of natural discourse we will be  in the position to evaluate the descriptions upon we base our teaching, the teaching materials, what goes on in the classroom and the end products of our teaching.
Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief , action and better comunication. When understanding this process, we will be able to transfer the students ability to think (critical thinking) from L1 to L2.

Mariella Macera Ontaneda  holds a BA literature and Lingusitics  She has been a teacher at all levels, a teacher trainer, and a consultant. She  has more than 30 years’ experience as an ELT teacher,has been a teacher at all levels, a teacher trainer, and a consultant in Peru and in Latin America.
She is the founder of Langrow-English to grow (1994) and its methodology based upon the principles of combining discourse analysis, critical thinking and grammar.