2.1.1.

1 Critical Thinking Self-Assessment (CTSA)

Critical Thinking Self-Assessment (CTSA) is built using Cottrell
(2005) and Mbato (2019) transforms. These scales initially intended to assist
understudies with estimating their own decisive critical thinking skills. The
CTSA scall consists of 20 items with a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 =
'strongly disagree' to 5 = 'strongly agree'.

1 Strongly Disagree

2 Disagree

3 Neutral

4 Agree

5 Strongly Agree

2.1.1.1 CEFR
It is undeniable that when the students majoring English Education
Department which is projected to be an English teacher, they have already got
a good knowledge of English language. That was phenomena found in one of
the private universities in Yogyakarta where there were several students still
got difficulties in mastering the vocabularies. Common European Framework
of Reference for Languages (CEFR), Stating that English language skills are
divided into six levels, namely: A1 Beginner, A2 Elementary, B1
Intermediate, B2 Upper Intermediate, C1 Advanced, and C2 Proficient. For
the level of students of English education, students should already be at level
C1. The Vocabulary test to determine the level of vocabulary mastery in the
CLS class is carried out using the following website:
https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/english-level-test/vocabulary.
 Critical Listening and Speaking Class
Ennish’ (1998) and Alqahtani (2015) and
Facione (2015) Thornbury (2002)

Critical Thinking Skills Vocabulary Mastery Test

Test

Critical Thinking Skills Vocabulary Mastery Test

Test Result Result

The Correlation between

Critical Thinking Skill
and Vocabulary Mastery
a. Critical Thinking Self-Assessment (CTSA)
Cottrell (2005) and Mbato (2019) adapted the scale for the Critical Thinking Self
Assessment (CTSA). These scales were at first intended to help understudies self-
measure their critical thinking. The items, on the other hand, were adjusted to fit
the context of listening skills. There were 20 items on the CTSA scale, each on a
5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 = ‘strongly disagree’ to 5 = ‘strongly agree’.
The CTSA scale is presented in Table 3.2.

Table 3.2
The CTSA Scale
 The scale above had been tried for unwavering quality and consistency. The
scale had a Cronbach Alpha coefficient of .863, indicating that its internal consistency
validity was very high (Pallant, 2016).