INDONESIAN STUDENT TEACHERS’ CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN TEXT ANALYSIS WITH CDA APPROACH

Purpose of Study: The present study investigated the impact of critical discourse analysis (CDA) on Indonesian students
teachers‟ critical thinking skills in their final projects.
Methodology: The study analyzed four final projects of student teachers text analysis. It was a qualitative meta-study
applying four stages of Brengtsson'scontent analysis. These student teachers analyzed the world leaders‟ political
speeches and lawyers‟ arguments in court using the CDA approach.
Results: The result of the analysis indicated that 58.3% of the students got the Proficient Level achievement, spreading
from the critical skills of communication, analysis (interpretation) and synthesis.
Implications/Applications: The result illustrates that text analysis with CDA devices positively influenced the student
teachers‟ critical thinking skills. Meanwhile, 75% of them were at low achievement, at the Emergent level, for Reflection
(Self-regulating) skills, due to the fact that these students were not accustomed to observing their own analysis.
Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis; Critical Thinking; Content Analysis; Student Teachers