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Assessment of Listening Skill

listening assessment tasks

Micro and Macro Skills of Listening Brown states that listening comprehension assessment involves two main aspects: language aspects (micro skill) and content understanding (macro skill). Micro skills can be formulated in the following items: Discriminating among the distinctive sounds of…

Bloom’s Taxonomy in the EFL Classroom

bloom's taxonomy

Introduction of Bloom’s Taxonomy The original taxonomy was first described in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom, an educational psychologist at the University of Chicago in the book Taxonomy of Educational Objectives with his coauthors Max Englehart, Edward Furst, Walter Hill, and David…

Development of Communicative Competence

development of communicative competence

Definition of Communicative Competence Fiske (1990, p.2) explained, “Communication is social interaction through messages.” He implies that communication is more than just transmitting a message from sender to receiver; it is also about producing and exchanging or rendering meaning. It…

General Concept of Communication

general concept of communication

Language as a Means of Communication The term communication is derived from the verb communicate, which means to give or exchange information, news, ideas, or opinions orally or in writing (Hornby, 1995, p.229). In other words, communication is when two…