The Practice of Critical Literacy Teaching in EFL Classroom: A Case Study in a Reading Class in Indonesian Higher Education

Keywords: Critical Literacy Practice, EFL Reading, Critical Language Awareness, Higher Education.

Abstract: This article attempts to frame critical literacy practice in EFL Classroom in Indonesia since it is known that
critical literacy should be implemented by higher education in the 21st century to answer the need of
transformative pedagogy. Using descriptive qualitative analysis, the study was focused on two prominent
points. Firstly, it examined how a higher education teacher in EFL classroom put critical literacy into practice
and challenged her students to be critical learners. Further, applying Critical Language Awareness (CLA)
strategies, this paper took a deeper discussion on how CLA could enhance student’s critical consciousness in
reading a text. Secondly, this study described the challenge of teaching English Language using critical
literacy perspective for higher education in EFL classroom.