Higher order thinking skills

Abstract

The focus of this book is on cultivating higher order thinking skills (HOTS) in language classes. It aims to serve as a guidebook for language teachers and students. Although the book is intended to be a practical toolkit for readers, some introductory discussion on HOTS from a theoretical standpoint is helpful in ushering the reader to the practical chapters that follow. Although it might be tempting to leap to HOTS-enhancing techniques and procedures without exploring theoretical standpoints, this may actually result in a superficial and cursory understanding of the following chapters. One of the tenets underlying the present book is that teachers and teacher educators need to realize the significance and rationale of HOTS and become familiar with the different dimensions of HOTS before they can effectively foster these skills in their students.