2ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TESOL “ENGLISH FOR ALL” HUE, VIETNAM Developing Critical Thinking Skills in the English Language Classroom Helen Huntley Country Director, Institute of International Education-Vietnam hhuntley@iievn.org 2 WARM-UP ACTIVITY In three minutes, list all the things you could do with an umbrella. 3 WHAT IS CRITICAL THINKING? Logical and analytical thinking to decide what to believe or what to do (Robert Ennis) The process to