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Dave: You are listening to Critically Minded.Nick: The podcast for English learners who want to become better critical thinkers. We’re your hosts, Nick-Dave: And Dave. In an earlier episode, we were discussing conditional statements and hypothetical premises. Nick: We explained that hypothetical premises are a kind of conditional statement that makes cause-and-effect predictions about future outcomes. We gave examples…

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Dave: You are listening to Critically Minded.Nick: Critical Thinking for 2nd Language Learners. We’re your hosts, Nick . . .Dave: And Dave.The next topic we’re discussing today is conditional statements and hypothetical premises. Nick: A conditional statement says that when one set of conditions exist, then another set of conditions will also exist as a result of the first.…

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Dave: Welcome back to Rationally Minded Podcast. Irrational or poor patterns of reasoning are called fallacies. Each week, we invite an EFL educator and expert critical thinker to discuss different kinds of fallacies that come up in our everyday lives. We also discuss how you can learn to recognize fallacies and respond to other people’s…

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Dave: You are listening to Critically Minded.Nick: Critical Thinking For 2nd Language Learners. We’re your hosts, Nick . . .Dave: And Dave. In our earlier episodes we discussed the organization of arguments. We noted that arguments are made up of premises leading to a conclusion.Nick: And that is a rule that is going to remain in effect throughout this…

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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. How are you? David: I’m okay, but I’m not so sure about the poor man I saw on the…

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Nick: You are listening to Critically Minded. Dave: Critical Thinking for 2nd Language Learners. We’re your hosts, Dave … Nick: And Nick. In our earlier episode we discussed the basic organization of arguments. We talked about how conclusions needed to be supported by premises. Or, in other words, how you need to have reasons for what you believe.…

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Nick: You are listening to Critically Minded. Dave: Critical Thinking for 2nd Language Learners. We’re your hosts, Dave … Nick: And Nick. In our earlier episode we discussed the basic organization of arguments. We talked about how conclusions needed to be supported by premises. Or, in other words, how you need to have reasons for what you believe.…

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Dave: Welcome back to Rationally Minded Podcast. Irrational or poor patterns of reasoning are called fallacies. Each week, we invite an EFL educator and expert critical thinker to discuss different kinds of fallacies that come up in our everyday lives. We also discuss how you can learn to recognize fallacies and respond to other people’s…

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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. Good morning Jennie. How’s it going? Jennie: Just great. I’m all ready to resume our previous topic from our last episode. David: What? I thought…

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Nick: We’re back again with Critically Minded––Critical Thinking for 2nd Language Learners.Dave: The podcast for English language learners who want to improve their critical thinking skills.Nick: And we’re your hosts Nick-Dave: And Dave. In this episode we’re going to discuss two kinds of basic argument forms. In the first episodes we talked a little about organizing an argument, and…

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Jennie: You are listening to Dialogically Minded. Dialogical Discourse for Second Language Learners. In this program we explore the language used in public, civic, and academic discussion for the purpose of achieving various communication goals. Good afternoon David. David: Hi Jennie. Jennie: What’s wrong? You keep squinting your eyes. David: Well, I lost my glasses and so I can’t…

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Dave: You are listening to Critically Minded. Nick: The podcast for English learners who want to become better critical thinkers. We’re your hosts, Nick . . . Dave: And Dave. In this episode, we are going to discuss the second category of basic critical thinking skills, argument evaluation. Nick: When we evaluate an argument, we judge…

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Dave: Welcome back to Rationally Minded Podcast. Irrational or poor patterns of reasoning are called fallacies. Each week, we invite an EFL educator and expert critical thinker to discuss different kinds of fallacies that come up in our everyday lives. We also discuss how you can learn to recognize fallacies and respond to other people’s…

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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. Jennie: Well,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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