Critically Minded Podcast Network

Jennie: You are listening to Dialogically Minded. Dialogical Discourse for Second Language Learners. In this program we explore the language used in public, civil, and academic discussion for the purpose of achieving various communication goals. Good afternoon David. David: Hi Jennie. How are you today? Jennie: I’m guess I’m okay. David: You guess? You don’t sound so sure. Jenn...

Nick: Welcome back to Critically Minded: Critical Thinking For 2nd Language Learners. I’m Nick. Dave: And I’m Dave. Nick: As you may remember, last time we were discussing how arguments are organized. We noted that informally speaking an argument has reasons and a conclusion. And we said that when we speak formally, that is when we make an […]

David: You are listening to Dialogically Minded. Dialogical Discourse for Second Language Learners. In this program we explore the language used in public, civil, and academic discussion for the purpose of achieving various communication goals. Hi Jennie. Jennie: Hi David. David: In this first episode, we are looking at agreeing and disagreeing, two of the most basic parts […]

Nick: Welcome once again to Critically Minded: Critical Thinking For 2nd Language Learners.  I’m Nick. Dave: And I’m Dave. In our previous episode we discussed some of the goals of this podcast. We explained that we are not teaching English conversation here; that we are teaching critical thinking. And we explained that in the context of […]

Dave introduces himself and the major themes of the podcast series. Dave: Welcome to Rationally Minded Podcast. Irrational or poor patterns of reasoning are called fallacies. Each week, we invite an EFL (English as a Foreign language) educator and expert critical thinker to discuss fallacies that come up in our everyday lives. We also discuss how […]

David: You are listening to Dialogically Minded. Dialogical Discourse for Second Language Learners. In this program we explore the language used for public, civil, and academic discussion for the purpose of achieving various communication goals. Good morning Jennie. Jennie: Hello David. Good to see you today. David: And as always, it’s good to see you too. So we should […...

Dave and Nick introduce themselves and the major themes of the podcast series. Dave: Greetings everyone. You’re listening to Critically Minded: Critical Thinking For 2nd Language Learners.  I’m Dave —Nick: And I’m Nick. Thank you for downloading our first podcast. Dave: This is the first in a series of several episodes we’re planning to present on Critical Thinking for […...