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Ramírez-Verdugo MdAuthor

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June 19, 2023
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The influence of life stories and literature on critical thinking

Publicated to:Autoethnographic Perspectives on Multilingual Life Stories. 233-249 - 2022-05-13 (), DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3738-4.ch015

Authors: Ramírez-Verdugo MD; Márquez E

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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author

Abstract

This chapter explores the influence of life stories and literature on English learners' critical thinking development by examining students' goal orientation, attitudes, and motivation to rhetoric passages with high sociolinguistic content. Specifically, this study, part of a larger project, applies a sociocultural pedagogical model to raise L2 learners ' awareness of the relevance of developing their critical thinking competence to analyze reality and gain confidence in expressing their voice. As a dystopian life story, George Orwell's 1984 novel is used as critical thinking triggering strategy for first-year bilingual education baccalaureate students to achieve this goal. The study's methodical instruments included a three-dimensional analysis model, pre- and post-questionnaires, specific tasks on judgment and inference, guided interviews, rubrics, and field observations. This chapter reports on the study's qualitative findings and demonstrates the effect of literature and stories on students' engagement and awareness of their critical thinking skills.

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-11:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 2 (PlumX).
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 4 - Quality Education, with a probability of 89% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (RAMIREZ VERDUGO, MARIA DOLORES) and Last Author (Márquez E).