Effectiveness of using B. Bloom's taxonomy when teaching students Russian as a foreign language

Abstract

At the present stage, it is necessary to use technologies in the educational process that differ from the traditional ones, develop independent thinking of students that leads to better learning outcomes. One of such technologies can be taxonomy of educational purposes – Bloom's taxonomy. This article reveals the relevance and purpose of the research – the effectiveness of the use of B. Bloom's taxonomy when teaching students Russian as a nonnative language. The overview part mentions changes and new variants of Bloom's taxonomy, and also focuses on the active use of the traditional “Bloom's pyramid” in the educational process. The authors have developed a constructor of tasks for each of the 6 topics of the module “Functional Speech Styles”, built in accordance with the taxonomy of B. Bloom. An experimental work was organized to identify the effectiveness of the learning process, in which 218 1st year students took part in different directions – 8 educational programs at Shakarim University of Semey. The results of approbation of materials on the use of this technology in the educational process are described. As a result of the research, the authors concluded that the systematic use of the system of multilevel tasks allows the teacher to determine the degree of complexity of the proposed tasks, depending on the level of students’ language competence, their individual characteristics and interests, the specifics of the training direction. It also creates a “situation of success” for a student in case of independent choice of a task, providing both differentiation and individualization of learning; thereby contributing to the increase in the efficiency of the majority of students.