Friday, 14 December 2012
Get to know Bloom's Taxanomy!
Hello everyone! How are you? and how's your English? hopefully your spirit of enthusiasm to learn are maintained or even greater! Alright, I would like to share with you how to create a good questions or how to detect questions based on its level to ensure that we are always on the right track.
Here I would like to share with you about Bloom's Taxanomy. Some of you might ever heard about it but for those who are not, let me explain briefly about it ...
Bloom's Taxonomy is a classification of learning objectives within education proposed in 1956 by a committee of educators chaired by Benjamin Bloom who also edited the first volume of the standard text, Taxonomy of educational objectives: the classification of educational goals.
It refers to a classification of the different objectives that educators set for students (learning objectives). Bloom's Taxonomy divides educational objectives into three "domains": Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor (sometimes loosely described as knowing/head, feeling/heart and doing/hands respectively). Within the domains, learning at the higher levels is dependent on having attained prerequisite knowledge and skills at lower levels. A goal of Bloom's Taxonomy is to motivate educators to focus on all three domains, creating a more holistic form of education. (Thanx to mr Wikipedia :P)
So basically Bloom's Taxanomy theory provides you on how to create something, especially questions based on the required level for particular level of student as well. Well, I will share you a test that content Bloom's Taxanomy features for better undertanding.. And feel free to answer :)
Here I would like to share with you about Bloom's Taxanomy. Some of you might ever heard about it but for those who are not, let me explain briefly about it ...
Bloom's Taxonomy is a classification of learning objectives within education proposed in 1956 by a committee of educators chaired by Benjamin Bloom who also edited the first volume of the standard text, Taxonomy of educational objectives: the classification of educational goals.
It refers to a classification of the different objectives that educators set for students (learning objectives). Bloom's Taxonomy divides educational objectives into three "domains": Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor (sometimes loosely described as knowing/head, feeling/heart and doing/hands respectively). Within the domains, learning at the higher levels is dependent on having attained prerequisite knowledge and skills at lower levels. A goal of Bloom's Taxonomy is to motivate educators to focus on all three domains, creating a more holistic form of education. (Thanx to mr Wikipedia :P)
So basically Bloom's Taxanomy theory provides you on how to create something, especially questions based on the required level for particular level of student as well. Well, I will share you a test that content Bloom's Taxanomy features for better undertanding.. And feel free to answer :)
Reminder .....
Hello English Lovers!!. Well, I know you are so exited to explore all the fun stuff here in my blog. So, please do not forget to email me your answers for the test 'how alert are you' in the previous scene. Feel free to send it to sharifahyongnadia@gmail.com .. I will show you the answers soon! Chill!
Sure FUN!!!!!
As I promised you earlier, we are going to have a wonderful journey in exploring the fun way to learn English. So now, I will provide you some interesting links that can be visited to improve your English! It is going to be exiting and no regrets!
http://www.voki.com/
http://www.xtranormal.com/
http://www.englishcentral.com/videos#!/index
http://www.voxopop.com/
http://voicethread.com/
Well, it is good to have a start by begining the learning from the basic of the language itself. We believe that, in order to learn the language, we need to know how to speak in that language too. So, learn how to speak involves pronunciation, vocabularies, and some touch of grammar concern. So, let us learn speaking at the first priority before we jump on to the other language aspects! :)
http://www.voki.com/
http://www.xtranormal.com/
http://www.englishcentral.com/videos#!/index
http://www.voxopop.com/
http://voicethread.com/
Well, it is good to have a start by begining the learning from the basic of the language itself. We believe that, in order to learn the language, we need to know how to speak in that language too. So, learn how to speak involves pronunciation, vocabularies, and some touch of grammar concern. So, let us learn speaking at the first priority before we jump on to the other language aspects! :)
Thursday, 13 December 2012
hOW ALert are You!!
This is my very first thing to share with you. This is one of the tutorial question given by my lecturer as a reinforcement to the course that I am taking right now. So, basically, I just want to put yourself as a teacher. We are wondering, how good is a good question? Does the question improves your students' proficiency towards that particular subjects or topics? Well, let's explore our first adventure!
UNIVERSITI
TE
30503 LANGUAGE TESTING AND ASSESSMENT
Criteria for Evaluating Language Tests
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH
B.Ed TESL (Hons)
TE
30503 LANGUAGE TESTING AND ASSESSMENT
Criteria for Evaluating Language Tests
Work in groups of four and
look carefully at the following test questions. Try to do the questions. What
observations do you have to make about them relating to issues of validity,
reliability, practicability, and washback effect.
1. Complete the following statements by
selecting one answer from the four provided:
i.
Jakarta is a large
city_________ on the shores of the Java
Sea
a. is situated b. situated
c. situates d. which situated
ii.
Tokyo , which is Japan
a. this b. its
c. the d. that
2. Look at the sentences
which follow and rearrange them to form a dialogue.
John Oh, well I’m in a bit of a hurry myself. I
don’t think that I’ve got time to walk all that way and back again.
John Oh I see. Actually, I am going to the city
centre as well. Mind if I join you?
John Yes, I suppose so.
Mary Well, if you don’t mind I think I’d rather walk.
It’s such a lovely day and it seems a pity not to enjoy the weather.
John Yes. Bye
John Good morning, Mary!
Mary see you around sometime
Mary Good morning, John!
Mary Goodbye, John.
Mary Oh well, we’ll have to go our separate ways
then!
Mary Oh I’m just going down to the bank to get a
new cheque book.
Mary Sure. I was planning to walk – is that OK
with you?
3.
The sentences which follow
should be examined with great care and, if any verb forms are found to be
incorrect, they should be corrected. Answers should be written in the answer
booking such a way that, in each case, the correct form precedes the incorrect
one.
i John is a teacher
ii Mary were a doctor
iii Sometimes it snow in the Atlas Mountains .
iv The teacher went to London
4.
Vocabulary test
Choose one answer
from those provided to complete the sentences:
I Mary was angry whilst John was
positively ____________
A. anorexic B. apoplectic
C. artichoke D. artesian
II This beautiful little animal is called
a ____________
A. marmoset B. margrave
C. marimba D. martinet
III Animals such as cows generally
______________
A. rummage B. rusticate
C. roseate D. ruminate
5.
Listening Test
Look at the following
passage and then listen to the questions from the tape recorder. The questions
will be repeated once. Write the answers to the recorded questions in the
answer books. Do not write the answers in this test booklet.
Princess Diana has announced
that she will be retiring from public life in the near future. She has indicated
that this decision has been caused because the pressure of press attention has
become unbearable for her. She intends to spend more time with her sons, Prince
William and Prince Henry. Today’s newspapers have devoted many pages to
discussions of the crisis.
[Tape recorded questions]
1.
What are the names of
Princess Diana’s sons?
2.
Why has the Princess decided
to retire from public life?
3.
How has the press reacted to
the Princess’ decision?
6.
Test of Communicative
Competence
Put all the verbs in the
following passage into the correct form.
Once upon a time there (be)
a teacher (call) John. John (live) in a
city in the North of England. John (travel) a lot for his job; in one year he
(visit) nine different countries. All John’s friends (think) that John (be) very
lucky because he (can) travel so much. However, John actually (hate)
aeroplanes, and so every overseas visit (be) torture for him! Yet he never
actually (admit) his problem to his colleagues because he (worry) that he
(lose) his job.
7.
Elementary Level Test
Write a letter to your local
councilor complaining about some aspect of local government services – for
example, rubbish removal.
8.
Test of Spoken English
Look at the timetable below
and tell your teacher about it.
Malaysia
Ipoh Kuala
Lumpur
07 00 10 05
09 00 12 05
11 00 14 05
1400 17 05
English is mY sOUL!
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