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and Dictation _________
A Beck/Carbutt Production
Cloze (not clothes)
• What is a cloze test?
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Close-ended task (What is that?)
Fill in the blank
Task is to complete the sentence with the correct word
Can be multiple choice or not
Gestalt Psychology
• Whole is greater than the sum of its parts
• Mind fills in blank spaces
• Idea for cloze
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Types of Cloze
• Mechanical Deletion
• Every nth word is deleted
• Selective
• Choose which words to delete
• C-Test
• Finish the word
• Conversational Cloze
• Fill in the blanks of a conversation
Let’s look at cloze
• With a friend, look at and discuss the different types of cloze
in the Hughes book
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Pg. 188 – mechanical deletion
Pg. 190 – selective deletion
Pg. 191 – conversational cloze
Pg. 194 – mini-cloze and c-test
• What’s the difference?
• Do you think one is better than the other?
Pros and Cons
• Pros
• Could be used to test types of speech such as prepositions and
articles
• Very easy to create and grade
• Cons
• Could be vague
• Multiple answers
• Limited
Advice on creating cloze
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Difficulty level
Appropriate to the ability being tested
Deletions every 8th – 10th word
Test it on native speakers
Clear instructions
Create Your Own
• In 5 minutes
• Pick a text that matches the skill level of students from the
Internet or somewhere else.
• Go to: http://l.georges.online.fr/tools/cloze.html
• Choose how you want to delete words (every nth word,
prepositions, articles, etc.).
• Play and have fun.
Dictation
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What is a dictation test?
Repeat after me.
Another way to test overall ability.
Ha! You just took one! We win!
A test in which the student is required to repeat or write what
someone says
Let’s try another one!
• We will say the following two times. First time, just listen.
Second time, write what we say.
• Blank the projector!
• Why would this be difficult to score?
Types of Dictation
• Regular unleaded
• Write it all down
• Partial
• Student fills in the blanks while teacher is reading a paragraph
• Mini-partial
• Similar to partial but only sentences.
What could you evaluate with this?
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Orthography
Listening
Punctuation
Becoming a naturalized citizen of the USA
Pros and Cons
• Pros
• Easy to create and administer
• Unlike with cloze, listening ability is involved in predicting overall
ability
• Cons
• Not easy to grade
What to keep mind
• Difficulty level
• Test the right ability
• Divide passage into stretches that will be spoken without a
break
• When administering, read it twice
• It is acceptable to read through it all the first time and then divide
it into parts the second time.
Your Experiences