 LET’S ENJOY AN INTERESTING ACTIVITY Missing words Grammar Comprehension Tests 1 2 3 4 CLOZE TESTS Group members: Ngô Thị Khánh Hà Nguyễn Thị Thành Nguyễn Thị Mai Trinh Lê Thị Lệ Huyền Phan Thị Mỹ Trang Question 1  Something is absent from a text or a passage. What are they called? Answer Question 2  Besides vocabulary, without it, you can not make a sentence? What is it? Answer Question 3  We read a passage to understand its content. What do we call the understanding when reading a passage? Answer Question 4  Teachers use it to measure students’ ability. What is it? Answer Outline  I. Definition  II. Purposes of cloze tests  III. Types  IV. How to design cloze tests  V. Tips for doing cloze tests  VI. Marking cloze tests  VII. Advantages and disadvantages  VIII. Conclusion I. DEFINITION OF CLOZE TESTS  Cloze test is a test of comprehension and grammar in which a language student supplies appropriate missing words omitted from a text.  Some other definitions ● Cloze procedure: a test for diagnosing reading ability; words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn ● A cloze test (also cloze deletion test) is an exercise, test, or assessment consisting of a portion of text with certain words removed (cloze text), where the participant is asked to replace the missing words. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloze_test ● A cloze test is a special type of fill-in exercise where, for example, every 5th word in a paragraph of about 150 words is deleted. www.macmillandictionaries.com/glossaries/defini tions/a-c/A_C.htm ● A type of gap-filling task in which whole words are deleted from a text. In a traditional cloze, deletion is every nth word. www.testing.ugent.be/glossary.html [...]... C -test type Instead of deleting the whole word, the second half only is deleted - Test takers must complete each truncated word - Ex: - II.2 According to Lam at al, 1992 - Based on the method of word deletion used Cloze tests Content word deletion type Prepositions deletion type Random word deletion Every seventh word deletion II 3 Cloze tests Grammar Cloze Tests type Lexical cloze type IV Design cloze. .. II PURPOSES OF CLOZE TEST  Measure the entire knowledge of language which the learners have acquired  Measure some skills: writing and reading comprehension  Measure the knowledge of grammar, vocabulary and socio- cultural elements  Some times used in testing listening skill III Types of cloze tests II.2 According to Ikeguchi 1995; Weir 1990; Klein-Bralley and Raatz 1984 Cloze tests Rational Fixed-rate... came to the United States, but I might (8) _ to visit my family soon Answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 For Used Can Feel Wanted Since Return II.1.3 Multiple choice cloze test type - A combination between cloze tests and multiple choice tests Giving choices for test takers to choose to supply in the missing word spaces Ex: Circle the best answer to fill in the gap Can we see (1) the earth is a globe? Yes, we... listening skill III Types of cloze tests II.2 According to Ikeguchi 1995; Weir 1990; Klein-Bralley and Raatz 1984 Cloze tests Rational Fixed-rate Deletion Deletion type type Multiple Choice Cloze type Cloze Elide type C -test type II.1.1 Fixed-rate deletion type (Every n-th word deletion) The value of n refers to the distance between two deletions - After short lead-in, it is usually every fifth/sixth/seventh... to write book and music reviews you of library materials and they are encouraged to participate in the development of library collections answer Answer: Some public libraries have developed ways to personal capture the attention print and interest of younger library patrons One library in the United Kingdom has space on its website for can teenagers to write book and music reviews you of library materials... watch a ship that sails out to sea If we watch closely, we see that the ship begins (2) disappeared 1 A if B where C that D whether E when 2 A being B to be C to have D to E having II.1.4 Cloze elide type -  Requires test takers to strike out irrelevant or incorrect words that have been inserted into the passage Ex: In the following passage there are two words in each sentence that does not belong Underline... deletion Every seventh word deletion II 3 Cloze tests Grammar Cloze Tests type Lexical cloze type IV Design cloze tests IV.1 Form design - Give clear instruction Like this: “ Fill in the blanks with the correct words in the box, no choice again” ( There is a “word box”) Or focus on the specifically testing “ Fill in the blanks with the suitable preposition“ - The length of the selection: no longer than 300400... two weeks before Christmas and the mall was _ with shoppers IV.2 Content design - Choose a story or passage on the right level of testees Ignore a passage that is full of proper noun, numbers, technical words Do not pick an article containing a lot of quoted materials To cloze elide type, should be inflexible for deleted words such as noun, verb, preposition, numbers; subjects, objects . of cloze tests  III. Types  IV. How to design cloze tests  V. Tips for doing cloze tests  VI. Marking cloze tests  VII. Advantages and disadvantages  VIII. Conclusion I. DEFINITION OF CLOZE. OF CLOZE TESTS  Cloze test is a test of comprehension and grammar in which a language student supplies appropriate missing words omitted from a text.  Some other definitions ● Cloze procedure:. elements  Some times used in testing listening skill III. Types of cloze tests II.2 According to Ikeguchi 1995; Weir 1990; Klein-Bralley and Raatz 1984 Cloze tests Fixed-rate Deletion type Rational Deletion type Multiple