Conclusion. As it has been stated, the new era of cybercommunication, cybervillage, and globalization requires multiliteracies which have opened up a new paradigm for

As it has been stated, the new era of cybercommunication, cybervillage, and globalization requires multiliteracies which have opened up a new paradigm for second language learning especially reading and writing instruction in the academy. The pedagogical implications and classroom applications have to be worked out in the future. Generally, English classes are just sites of language learning and no more than that. Activities, tasks, exercises are usually arranged in a way to make students highly proficient in English language. However, the new era demands more than that: critical thinking and interpretation are a must of this age. To engage in the creative and critical process of reading and writing, we have to stop focusing on the basic levels of reading and writing skills. We have to teach our students strategies for critical evaluation and rhetorical negotiation so that they can express their views easily and read and evaluate materials critically.

In a nutshell, language activities must empower learners to take control, to become autonomous, and to become better thinkers and language learners. To this end, second language learning teachers are required to adopt an extensive view towards language learning, transcending the traditional ways of teaching. They are expected to teach both language and thinking. Learners are then engaged in using the target language for a purpose, that is, to develop learners’ thinking ability, and through this that their language competence develops.

Instruction: This is an adaptation of Kendra Cherry’s recommendations for graduate students and young researchers, published in the Internet without copyright limitations. You are sure to realize that a graduate student’s activity starts with collecting special information and critically reviewing scholarly papers in his or her field. You will have to acquire the standard guidelines along which any critique is written. This will be one of your objectives in the process of writing your graduation paper.

Most graduate students are expected to realize that critiquing a professional paper is a great way to learn more about your field of research, and the research process itself. Students can analyze how researchers conduct experiments, interpret results, and discuss the impact of the results. In this Unit your assignment is to prepare a critique of the article by Ghasem Modarresi et al. “New Ways of Teaching English as an international Lingua Franca”.