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• Cloze tests
Cloze test is a test that measures the reader’s
ability to decode interrupted or
mutilated messages
TESTING READING COMPREHENSION
Type of Cloze tests Standard cloze tests Modified cloze tests Multiple-choice cloze
tests C-Tests
Cloze elide
Preface
TESTING READING COMPREHENSION
•C – TESTS
•CLOZE ELIDE
• INFORMATION TRANSFER
C – TEST
• Is a reading test which is as an adaption of the Cloze test,
it copes with reduced redudancy and predict from
context.
• In the C-test certain words in a text are partially deleted
Advantages of C-test• C-test can be generated on small texts with the
large number of items
• It can be objectively scored
• It is much more common for native speakers to be able to score 100 percent
• The C-test is economical and the results obtained are encouraging
Disadvantages of C-test
• There is little empirical evidence of its value
• It is irritating for students to have to process heavily mutilated texts
The Examples of C-test
• to = t_, that = th__
• the = th_, their = the__
• Last Wednesday we deci___ to visit the zo_. We arri___ the next morn__ after taki__ breakf___, cashed in our passes and ente___. We walk__ toward the first exhi___. I look__ up at a gira__ as it star__ back at me. I step___ nerv____ to the next area...etc
CLOZE ELIDE
• Is a technique which is generating interest recently where words which do not belong are inserted into a reading passage
• The candidates have to indicate where these insertions have been made
• In its earlier form, it was known as the intrusive word technique
Advantage n Disadvantage of Cloze Elide
• Advantage ; The candidate does not have the problem of understanding the questions
• Disadvantage ; Scoring is highly problematic
The Examples of Cloze Elide
• When I was being standing at a red light, a yellow car ran over the light and hit a blue car is going through the intersection. The driver of the yellow car he was at fault.............
INFORMATION TRANSFER
• In testing both reading and listening comprehension, the measurement is “ muddied “ by having to
employ writing to record answers
• To avoid this, several Examination Boards in Britain have included tasks where the information
transmitted verbally is transferred to a non-verbal form
Advantages of Information transfer
• It is suitable for testing an understanding of process, classification or narrative sequence
• It is a realistic task for various situations
Disadvantages of
Information transfer
• A good deal of care needs to be taken
• There is a danger of cultural and educational bias
The Examples of Information Transfer
The information transmitted verbally is transferred to a non-verbal form, e.G.
Labelling a diagram
Completing a chart
Numbering a sequence of events, etc
• The use of cloze tests as one of the techniques used to measure the language ability of the learners.
• That teachers as well as pupils should receive enough training in how to use and answer these tests before they start to use these tests.
Conclusion
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