Critical thinking and reading comprehension in times of pandemic in English language learners, 2022

Abstract

The objective was to know the level of relationship between critical thinking and reading comprehension in times of pandemic in English students of the ninth semester of the National University of Education; through a quantitative approach and descriptive-correlational design. The sample consisted of 55 students and data were collected using a critical thinking test (with 5 dimensions: argumentation, supposition, deduction, inference and logical thinking); and a reading comprehension test (with literal, inferential and critical levels). The results indicate that there is a relationship between both variables corroborating the research of Yousefi & Mohammadi (2016), Putra (2019), Moreno (2019) and Fernández et al. (2016). It is concluded that there is a relationship between critical thinking and reading comprehension in pandemic times in ninth semester English students, National University of Education, 2022.

Keywords: critical thinking; reading comprehension; argumentation; deduction.