A STUDY OF READING COMPREHENSION

QUESTIONS IN STRAIGHTFORWARD LEVEL 4

THIN HTET HTET THIT

II MAE-1

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
MONYWA UNIVERSITY
MYANMAR
Aim and Objective

Aim
- To study reading comprehension questions in straightforward level 4A and
4B prescribed for fourth year Non-English Specialization students.

Objectives
- To classify reading comprehension questions in straightforward level 4A
and 4B based on Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy (2001).
- To explore what level of thinking is the most and the least frequently found
in the course book.
 Theoretical Background
Anderson,L.W. & Drathwohl, D.R. (Eds.) (2001). A taxonomy for learning,
teaching, and assessing: A revision of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational
objectives:Complete edition, New York : Longman.

- Definitions of six cognitive processes of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy are

described in the following table.
No Cognitive Definition
Dimension
1 Remembering Recognizing or recalling knowledge from memory
2 Understanding Determining the meaning of graphic messages, including
oral, and written.
3 Applying Carrying out or using a procedure in particular situation
4 Analyzing Breaking material into parts and determining how the parts
relate to one another.
5 Evaluating Making judgments based on criteria or standard.
6 Creating Putting elements together to form a coherent or functional
whole, reorganizing elements into new pattern, and
synthesize parts into something new.
Related researches

- Ulum. G. O. (2016). A Descriptive Content Analysis of the Extent of

Bloom’s Taxonomy in the Reading Comprehension Questions of the
Course Book Q: Skills for Success 4 Reading and Writing.
- Noya, B., (2016), An Analysis of Reading Questions in Integrated Course
Book based on the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Theory, Universitas
Kristen Satya Wacana, Salatiga.
- Ei May Thaw. (2019). A Study of Reading Comprehension Questions in
Global Level 3 Course Book.
Research Material

Straightforward Second edition Level 4A and 4B by Philip Kerr, Ceri Jones,

Roy Norris and Amanda Jeffries.

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