This presentation shows examples of the original Bloom's Taxonomy (1956) and the updated (2001) version along with how the taxonomy is applicable in the foreign language classroom.

1. in the
Foreign
Language
Classroom
Bloom’s
Taxonomy

2. Tips, Tools and Resources to help
your students rise in proficiency
and communicate with confidence.

5. The original Bloom’s Taxonomy
had 6 levels of cognition.

6. Learner’s ability to recall information

7. Learner’s ability to recall information
Learner’s ability to understand
information

8. Learner’s ability to recall information
Learner’s ability to understand
information
Learner’s ability to use information in
a new way

9. Learner’s ability to recall information
Learner’s ability to understand
information
Learner’s ability to use information in
a new way
Learner’s ability to break down
information into its essential parts

10. Learner’s ability to recall information
Learner’s ability to understand
information
Learner’s ability to use information in
a new way
Learner’s ability to break down
information into its essential parts
Learner’s ability to create something new
from different elements of information

11. Learner’s ability to recall information
Learner’s ability to understand
information
Learner’s ability to use information in
a new way
Learner’s ability to break down
information into its essential parts
Learner’s ability to create something new
from different elements of information
Learner’s ability to judge or criticize
information

14. Learner’s ability to recall information

15. Learner’s ability to recall information
Learner’s ability to understand
information

16. Learner’s ability to recall information
Learner’s ability to understand
information
Learner’s ability to use information
in a new way

17. Learner’s ability to recall information
Learner’s ability to understand
information
Learner’s ability to use information
in a new way
Learner’s ability to break down
information into its essential parts

18. Learner’s ability to recall information
Learner’s ability to understand
information
Learner’s ability to use information
in a new way
Learner’s ability to break down
information into its essential parts
Learner’s ability to judge or criticize
information

19. Learner’s ability to recall information
Learner’s ability to understand
information
Learner’s ability to use information
in a new way
Learner’s ability to break down
information into its essential parts
Learner’s ability to judge or criticize
information
Learner’s ability to create something new
from different elements of information

20. Theses updates reflect a more
active thought process and
include two main changes:

21. Category names were revised
from nouns to verbs.

22. The last two stages of Bloom’s
Taxonomy were switched so that
evaluation comes before synthesis.

23. When learning a foreign
language it is important to
recognize that these skills
are not a hierarchy,
but are interrelated.

26. Here are questions to use when
creating tasks, activities &
assessments in the world language
classroom using the updated
Bloom’s taxonomy categories:

27. Remember:
Can the student recall or
remember the information?

28. Understand:
Can the student explain ideas
or concepts?

29. Apply:
Can the student use the
information in a new way?

30. Analyze:
Can the student distinguish
between the different parts?

31. Evaluate:
Can the student justify a
stand or decision?

32. Create:
Can the student create a new
product or point of view?

33. Click below to download a list of
over 60 verbs to use when
creating tasks, activities &
assessments using Bloom’s
(updated) taxonomy.

34. Click HERE
to read my blog
post on Bloom’s
Taxonomy.

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37. Lorin Anderson and David
Krathwohl : A Taxonomy for
Learning, Teaching, and Assessing:
A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of
Educational Objectives. New York :
Longman, ©2001.