Investigating Teachers’ Oral Assessment of Students’ Analytical Thinking Skill in the Department of English at MMUTO: The Case of Master I Applied Linguistics and Social Semiotics.
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2016-09
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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou
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The current study is concerned with teachers’ assessment of students ‘analytical Thinking
Skill. It aims at checking whether Master I Applied Linguistics and Social Semiotic
students’ are assessed analytically through oral questions during the learning process.
To achieve this objective, the study was conducted in the Department of English at
Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou using Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy (2001) and
a Mixed Method Research. To this end, a semi- structured classroom observation was
conducted and a questionnaire was distributed to only nine teachers of Master I Social
Semiotics. SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) was also used for statistical data
analysis. In addition, Critical Discourse Analysis was employed to interpret the results of
the classroom observations. Despite the positive results of the teachers’ questionnaire,
weaknesses have been noticed during our classroom observations regarding the assessment
of analytical thinking orally. Accordingly, a set of recommendations have been provided,
such as designing activities that require higher-order-thinking skills namely problem
solving, debating, asking higher questions, using concept mapping and brainstorming, as
well as encouraging pair and group work.
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66p.:ill;30cm.(+cd)
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Langage et Communication