Research on the Classroom Application of English Teaching Method based on the Cultivation of Students' Critical Thinking

The focus of quality education is to cultivate students' creativity, and the key to cultivate creativity lies in cultivating students' critical thinking ability. There is no innovation without criticism, which has become the consensus of educators. In practical English teaching, critical thinking has not been paid enough attention. Teachers often only pay attention to students' understanding, and are not very concerned about the authenticity and value of the knowledge they teach. Critical thinking is a process of reflection through analysis and judgment, putting forward one's own views and providing arguments. As a kind of thinking tendency, we can judge it correctly according to the overall environment and guide its correct development trend; As a thinking skill, we can make a targeted evaluation of the inherent thinking mode. By discussing the educational connotation of critical thinking, this paper analyzes the problems existing in traditional English teaching, and puts forward the classroom application strategy of English teaching method based on the cultivation of students' critical thinking, aiming at cultivating students' critical thinking and improving their ability to master the initiative in learning.