From a humanistic and competence-based approach, this teacher presents how to implement a thinking culture in the obligatory and post-obligatory secondary education EFL Classroom through thinking-based learning (TBL), visible thinking, habits of mind and Socratic debates or circles. Being applied to all levels, she develops skills which boost the learning to learn and learning to think competences as she enhances the linguistic and communicative skills in learning English as a foreign language. Three pedagogical practices are thoroughly described to exemplify this approach: the ´Compare and contrast’ thinking skill (7th and 11th grade), the ‘Think-pair-share’ thinking routine (multilevel), and the Socratic debate or circles (11th grade). Continuous and formative feedback is tackled as well.
