Specialised education of uzbekistan the uzbek state world languages university the english teaching methodology department

Questioning, Listening, Responding

It is important to think about what kinds of questions to ask, of whom, at what point in the discussion. There are many ways to categorize kinds of questions, as explained in the following resources:

Bloom’s Taxonomy is a summary of Benjamin Bloom’s classic six-part scheme (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation), originally published in 1956. The taxonomy outlines intellectual tasks (easily framed as questions) that build in cognitive complexity. For more on Bloom’s Taxonomy, see Major Categories in the Taxonomy of ^{Educational Ob}l^{ectives .}