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Dinh Cong Triet
Language testing
Levels of Test Questions
Bloom’s & Barrett’s
Taxonomy
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
What makes a task / activity difficult?
THINKING LEVELS
Bloom’s
Taxonomy
Barrett’s
Taxonomy
(Productive
skills)
(Receptive
skills)
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY.
SPEAKING, WRITING, GRAMMAR
Argue, assess, justify, judge, rate,
support, value, evaluate
Evaluation
(Eva)
Arrange, collect, compose, plan,
construct, create, design, develop
Synthesis
(Syn)
Analyse, calculate, categorise,
criticise, contrast, distinguish
Analysis
(Ana)
Application (App)
Apply, choose, demonstrate, illustrate,
solve, use, interpret
Comprehension
(Com)
Classify, describe, discuss, explain,
express, recognise, identify, report
Knowledge (Kno)
Arrange, define, list, memorise,
name, relate, recall, repeat, state
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
Bloom’s taxonomy – Knowledge level
Useful verbs
Tell
List
Describe
Relate
Locate
Write
Find
State
name
Sample questions stems
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What happened after….?
How many…..?
Who was it that……..?
Can you name the …….?
Describe what happened at…..?
Who spoke to…..?
Can you tell why….?
Find the meaning of …..?
What is …….?
Which is true or false…….?
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
Bloom’s taxonomy – Comprehension level
Useful verbs
Sample questions stems
Explain
Interpret
Outline
Discuss
Distinguish
Predict
Restate
Compare
Translate
Describe
• Can you write in your own
words….?
• Can you write a brief outline….?
• What do you think could happen
next….?
• Who do you think….?
• What was the main idea…..?
• Who was the key character…..?
• Can you distinguish between….?
• Can you provide an example of …..?
• What do you mean ….?
• Can you provide a definition for….?
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
Bloom’s taxonomy – Application level
Useful verbs
Solve
Show
Use
illustrate
Construct
Complete
Examine
Classify
Sample questions stems
• Do you know another instance
where….?
• Could this have happened in ….?
• Can you group by charateristics such
as….?
• What factors would you change if…..?
• What questions would you ask of…..?
• From the information given, can you
develop a set of instructions
about……?
• Would this information be useful if you
had….?
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
Bloom’s taxonomy – Analysis level
Useful verbs
Analyse
Examine
Compare
Contrast
Investigate
Categorise
Identify
Explain
Separate
Sample questions stems
• Which events could have
happened….?
• What do you see as other possible
outcomes…?
• How was this similar to….?
• Can you explain what must have
happened when…?
• What are some of the problems of ….?
• Can you distinguish between….?
• What were some of the motives
behind….?
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
Bloom’s taxonomy – Synthesis level
Useful verbs
Create
Invent
Compose
Predict
Plan
Construct
Design
Imagine
Propose
devise
Sample questions stems
• Can you design a…..to….?
• Can you see a possible solution to ….?
• If you had access to all resources how
would you deal with….?
• What would happen if …..?
• How many ways can you……?
• Can you write a new recipe for a tasty
dish?
• Why not compose a song about…..?
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
Bloom’s taxonomy – Evaluation level
Useful verbs
Judge
Select
Choose
Decide
Justify
Debate
Verify
Argue
Recommend
determine
Sample questions stems
• Is there a better sollution to ….
• Judge the value of….
• Can you defend your position
about…..?
• Do you think……is a good or bad
thing?
• What changes to ……would you
recommend?
• Do you believe….?
• Are you a …..person?
• How would you feel if….?
• How effective are…..?
• What do you think about…….?
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY.
Skills
Subskills
Question types
Levels
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY.
BARRETT’S TAXONOMY.
READING & LISTENING
Critique, appraise, comment,
appreciate
(Appr) Appreciation
(Eva)
(IC)
(RO)
(LC)
Evaluation
Analyse, appraise, evaluate,
justify, criticise, judge
Inferential
comprehension
Predict, infer, guess
Classify, regroup, rearrange,
assemble, collect, categorise
Re-organization
Label, list, name, relate, recall,
repeat
Adapted from "Language testing"-
Literal comprehension
Dr. Chan Yue Weng
BARRETT’S TAXONOMY.
Comment, criticise sth usually in
teaching literature: poem, story…
(Appr) Appreciation
(Eva)
(IC)
(RO)
(LC)
“Do you agree with the writer that….?
Evaluation
Why or why not……?
Inferential
comprehension
“The beginning of a good reader”. See
sth between the lines.
Re-organization
Organize ideas, put … into a table
Literal comprehension
All easily found in the text. No
thinking involves
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
BARRETT’S TAXONOMY.
Skills
Reading
Sub-skills
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Listening
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Question types
Identifying main facts & details
(FD)
Recognizing cause & effects
relationship (CE)
Inferring meaning from
contextual context ( ICC)
Predicting outcomes (PO)
Sequence of events (SOE)
Evaluating writer’s attitude &
view
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Identifying facts & details
relate cause & effect
identify sequence of events
Inferring meaning from
contextual clues.
Predicting out comes
Inferring speaker’s attitude &
emotion (sad, happy, worried)
Inferring relationship between
speakers.
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True/ false
Re-arrangement
Structured
Open-ended (subjective
response, free writing)
MCQ (wh-question,
matching, completion
with options)
Cloze procedure
MCQ with pictures or
without pictures.
Fill in the blanks/
completion item.
Labelling.
Matching
True / false.
sequencing
Question
levels
Barrett’s
scale
1. LC
2. RO
3. IC
4. Eva
5. Appr
BARRETT’S TAXONOMY.
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
Bloom’s(Know,Comp,
App, Ana, Syn, Eva)
Barrett’s (LC, RO,
IC, Eva, Appr)
(MCQ, T/F, gap-fill,
matching, sequencing,
open-ended)
Question levels
Question types
knowledge
Table of
Specifications
LSRW
Curriculum
specs
Time allocation
Skills & subskills
Mark allocation
Question
Sections/numbers
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
Adapted from "Language testing"Dr. Chan Yue Weng
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