David Gann

Critically Minded Podcast Network

Education EN ↓ 7 episodes

These three podcast series present critical thinking in a language-learner-based approach. Although it is aimed at English language learners, they can be enjoyed by anyone who wants to learn about the basics of critical thinking in a clear, systematic and concise way. Critically Minded (12 episodes) is concerned with critical thinking skills and details various argumentative organizations and the language used to convey them. The language level is lower intermediate. Dialogically Minded (14 episodes) presents the discourse markers that are used to express critical dispositions in academic, pro...

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David Gann

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Dialogically Minded Podcast 03: Levels of Conviction 03.07.2026 9:19

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...

Critically Minded Podcast Episode 03: Organizing an Argument: Part 2 30.06.2026 4:26

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 […]

Dialogically Minded Podcast 02: Expressing Opinions and Agreeing and Disagreeing 20.06.2026 16:44

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 […]

Critically Minded Podcast Episode 02: Organizing an Argument 1 08.06.2026 0:06

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 […]

Rationally Minded Podcast 01: Introduction 19.05.2026 7:24

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 […]

Dialogically Minded Podcast 01: Introductions 11.05.2026 9:03

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 […...

Critically Minded Podcast 01: Introductions 04.05.2026 0:07

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 […...