Objective

1. To share theoretical and practical ideas about CT development within ELT contexts.

1.1. 1. What is CT?

1.2. 2. Why to integrate and develop CT in ELT?

1.3. 3. How to create lessons including an element of CTD?

2. “Critical thinking is self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way. People who think critically 56 Elena K. Vdovina and Lourdes Cardozo Gaibisso consistently attempt to live rationally, reasonably, empathically. They are keenly aware of the inherently flawed nature of human thinking when left unchecked.” (Elder, 2007)