BARRETT’S TAXONOMYREADING COMPREHENSIONLEVEL OR READING SKILL

FUNCTION OF BARRETT’S TAXONOMY

• The Barrett Taxonomy designed originally to assist classroom teachers in developing comprehension questions and / or test questions for reading

Levels of The Barrett Taxonomy

• LEVEL 1: Literal Comprehension• LEVEL 2: Reorganization• Level 3: Inferential Comprehension • LEVEL 4: Evaluation• LEVEL 5: Appreciation

Reading Comprehension Barrett’s Taxonomy

1.Literal comprehension

• Involve recognition and recall of ideas and information.

2. Reorganization

•Dealing with the organizing of ideas and information.

• Reorganization tasks are:classifying Outlining Summarizing Synthesizing

3. Inferential comprehension

• Ideas and information are used as the basis for making intelligent hypotheses .

4.Evaluation • Requiring response indicating that

an evaluative judgment has been made.

5. Appreciation • Involving all the above related dimension of

reading , and requiring to be interesting and emotionally, (affectively) sensitive to the ideas and information in the reading selection.

• Appreciation includes both the knowledge of, and the emotional response to, literary techniques, forms, styles, and structures

LEVEL IN READING SKILL

Level in reading skill

The level we have identified are:– recognition of words;– association of meaning with symbols;– literal comprehension;– interpretation;– critical reading;– creative reading.

Recognition of words

• mean the ability to translate orally or sub vocally the written symbol into a spoken word

Association of meaning with symbols

• When the learner comes across a new word and learns it, and then recognises it in different contexts, we say he/she has learnt a new concept.

Literal comprehension

• Involves skills reading for facts and central ideas, noting down supporting arguments.

INTERPRETATION

• Combine ideas together that have connections between the reader about he or she past reading and life experience.Then, the reader is able to make inferences and draw conclusions.

Critical reading

• Ability to analyze, evaluate and synthesize of what they have read.• Can make their own judgment

Creative reading

• come up with new or effective alternative ideas and solutions to those presented by the writer