How I can use both explicit and implicit methods for critical thinking instruction in English Foreign language classrooms?
I am planning to use both strategies for instruction of critical thinking skills and measure how it might affect the fluency features of speaking performance of EFL learners.
As far as I know, the C-Test is mainly used as a test of general proficiency (in English or in other languages written in the roman alphabet). However, there are various online C-Tests that give answers. That could conceivably help students to see the difference between their own spelling (when wrong) and the correct answer.
I think you can give it a try. I think it is simpler than writing dictations particularly for low intermediate students. For example, you can provide a picture and ask young learners to write the first letter of the word (practicing letters), or provide dashes (the number of the dashes conforming to the number of letters in the word), or provide the first syllable (or second syllable as in C-test) for more advanced learners. C-test can be useful for teaching vocabulary to EFL/ESL learners in reading classes.