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Taxonomy of English Language Learning and

Examples of Operational Verbs
LISTENING
Stage
1. Mechanical
Skill
2. Knowledge
3. Transfer
4. Communication
5. Criticism
Examples of Operational Verbs
Perceie di!erences "etween #1 and #2.
$nderstand the meaning of taught
words.
Carr% out familiar commands.
Match utterances with &ictures.
Select a sentence 'among some( that
are heard.
$nderstand recom"inations of the
taught structure and oca"ular%.
)nswer true*false +uestions.
Select a&&ro&riate com&letions to
statements.
Com&rehend short &assages.
$nderstand instruction and e,&lanation
in #2.
$nderstand the general meaning of
&assages.
Make an intelligent guessing at what is
not understood.
-e a"le to understand ra&id natie
s&eech in &la%s and .lms.
-e a"le to understand the manner in
which a message is e,&ressed.
$nderstand e,&licit and im&licit
meanings.

SPEAKING
Stage
1. Mechanical skill
2. Knowledge
3. Transfer
4. Communication
5. Criticism
Examples of Operational
Verbs
/ecite dialogs0 &oems0 etc.
/ead aloud material that has "een
memori1ed.
)nswer familiar +uestions on what
has "een taught.
/ead aloud familiar material with
accurac%.
2ar% res&onses according to
instructions.
Create new utterances "% a&&l%ing
his knowledge of grammar.
3ngage in a dialog.
3,&ress himself intelligi"l% to make
his ideas known to others.
Communicate original thoughts
orall%.
S&eak using a&&ro&riate st%le0 tone0
choice of language.
READING
Stage
1. Mechanical Skill
2. Knowledge
3. Transfer
4. Communication
5. Criticism
3,am&les of Examples of Operational
4istinguish "etween sentences.
Can tell which statement
corres&onds to a certain &icture.
See which translation is
a&&ro&riate.
Match idioms with de.nitions.
4emonstrate com&rehension of
oca" words in recom"ined
sentences 'true or false(
4emonstrate com&rehension of
recom"ined sentences.
/ead unfamiliar material with
understanding.
)nswer +uestions5 list 3 im&ortant
ideas of 6..
Summari1e orall% or in writing.
)nal%1e an unfamiliar reading
selection.
)nswer the +uestions in writing.
WRITING
Stage
1. Mechanical
Skill
2. Knowledge
3. Transfer
4. Communicatio
n
5. Criticism
Examples of Operational Verbs
7rite the dialog0 sentences which hae "een
memori1ed.
7rite the sentences dictated.
7rite the a&&ro&riate grammatical forms as
learned 'articles0 &lurals0 ad8ecties0 etc(
7rite correct answers to familiar +uestions.
Change the following dialog to a narratie
/ewrite the following &aragra&h0 changing all
nouns and &ronouns from singular to &lural.
7rite guided com&ositions.
7rite a &aragra&h9dialog on a certain to&ic.
4escri"e in writing a maga1ine &icture.
7rite a letter to a friend0 a foreign &en &al.
3,&lain in writing how to do something.
7rite a short stor% containing narratie0
dialog0 descri&tion.
7rite an argumentatie essa%.
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