13 compliment such as
That’s nice, That’s neat, Pretty good and I really like your skirt Bagus, 2012.
Moreover, there are two characteristics of selective reading. First, selective reading tasks typically are constructed by using stimuli such as sentences, brief
paragraphs or simple charts and graphs Brown, 2004, p.189. Second, brief responses are intended in selective reading Brown, 2004, p.189. Briefly, one
example of selective reading tasks is filling-gap task Brown, 2004, p. 189.
c. Interactive Reading
According to Brown 2004, p. 201, interactive reading is similar to selective reading. Interactive reading focuses on the form of a language and
meanings, but it focuses more on the meanings Brown, 2004, p. 201. It focuses on how the form of a language makes meanings. Therefore, there are two
characteristics of interactive reading. First, it involves the test takers to interact with longer texts Brown, 2004, p. 189. The test takers have to negotiate with the
meanings of texts in order to get intake to the texts Brown, 2004, p. 189. Second, interactive reading typically uses text genres such as narrative texts,
descriptions, memos, recipes, announcements and so forth Brown, 2004, p. 189. Moreover, Brown 2004, pp. 201-210 states that interactive reading uses tasks
such as cloze tasks, a reading comprehension, short-answer-tasks, editing, scanning, ordering tasks, and information transfer from charts, maps, diagrams
and graphs. Regarding a reading comprehension is an example of interactive reading
tasks, it is commonly used in English language tests Brown, 2004, p. 204.
14 According to Brown 2004, p. 3, a reading comprehension consists of a set of
texts with the comprehension questions. There are eight features which cover the comprehension. They are main ideas topic, expressionsidiomsphrases in
context, inferences, grammatical features, detailed information, unstated details, supporting ideas and vocabulary in context Brown, 2004, p. 206. Briefly, a
reading comprehension usually involves reading strategies such as skimming, scanning and guessing word meaning from context Brown, 2004, p. 206. To be
more precise, skimming is a reading method of rapidly moving the eyes through the text with the purpose to gain main ideas and general overview of the content
of the text Campbell, 2005. Next, scanning is a reading method of rapidly covering a great breadth of the display in order to locate icons, symbols, or words
in the text Campbell, 2005.
d. Extensive Reading
Expensive reading is a type of reading which involves more than a page text including professional articles, essays, technical reports, short stories and
books Brown, 2004, p. 189. The tasks which represent extensive reading are note-taking and outlining Brown, 2004, p. 215.
After talking about English testing theories according to Brown 2004, the next part talks about the levels of thinking skills derive from Bloom
’s taxonomy.
4. The Levels of Thinking Skills
According to Bloom 1987, here are six levels of thinking skills which are well-
known as Bloom’s taxonomy in cognitive domain. Bloom’s Taxonomy is a classification of a set behavior in order to define the goals of learning Bloom,
