Critical thinking, as an educational trend, has been much discussed and proposed
nowadays. In this regard, considerable debate has taken place over the techniques which
can provide a forum for cultivating critical thinking considered as an integral part of English
language pedagogy. One of the most effective forums for flourishing critical thinking in the
content areas is journal keeping which is increasingly gaining popularity in EFL/ESL
classrooms. To expand on the literature review, further research was performed to compare …