Abstract
English is used in many parts of the world as a second or third language. The learners develop
the skills of English in order to enhance opportunities for employment, higher quality education, and a good
lifestyle. The purpose of this paper is to analytically review and point out the strengths and weaknesses of
B.COM final term examination paper of English with special emphasis to Reading Comprehension through
the framework of educational objective provided by Bloom’s Taxonomy. Moreover, it provides assistance to
the competitive authorities in improving their methodology of teaching of English Reading Comprehension
and preparing the final term examination paper as per the framework of Bloom’s Taxonomy. The sample of
the study comprises of reading comprehension exercises presented to students of Undergraduate Standard
Examination of Bachelors of Commerce in affiliated colleges of the University of Karachi. The questions
consist of reading comprehension of the final examination from the year 2010-2016. The methodology used
for the analysis is ‘Content Analyses’. Furthermore, all the questions present in reading comprehensions were
analyzed separately in order to test their level and underlying educational objectives according to Bloom’s
taxonomy. With the investigation of these comprehensions, it is revealed that how the skills of students are
measured with the examination practice. Moreover, results revealed that there are various lacking and also
the examiners are highly focused on the remembering skills of students which are not enough for the students
of this era. Therefore, after the results in this, the suggestions are also discussed.
Akhtar Ahmed Khalili, Hina H. Kazmi, Khalid M. Iraqi. (2019) Critical Assessment of English Examination Paper of B.Com Degree Program with Respect to Bloom’s Taxonomy, Journal of Education & Social Sciences, Volume 7, Issue 2.
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