Cloze test& c-test
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Cloze test and C-test are reading comprehension tests that assess a test-taker's ability to understand text with missing words. In a cloze test, words are deleted from a passage at regular intervals, usually every 5th-8th word. In a C-test, the second half of every second word in a passage is deleted. Both tests are easy to construct and score but a C-test has lower face validity due to more blanks. While cloze tests leave the first sentence intact, C-tests delete words throughout the entire passage.
Cloze test& c-test
- 3. The Meaning of Cloze test Cloze test is a test of the ability to comprehend text in which the reader has to supply the missing words that have been removed from the text at regular intervals
- 4. The Characteristic of Cloze test • Cloze test items consist of words that are deleted from a text after allowing a few sentences of introduction. • The deletion rate is mechanically set, usually between every 5th and 8th. • Candidates have to fill each gap by supplying the words they think has been deleted
- 5. • Easy to construct and easy to score if the exact-word scoring method is applied. • With the 5th word deletion, a large number of items can be taken on a relatively a short text • It is claimed as a valid measure for reading comprehension test. The Advantages of Cloze Test
- 6. It is difficult to determine whether a certain word is appropriate to the text or not, so that is takes a long time to check. The Disadvantages of Cloze Test
- 7. The Example of Cloze Test
- 10. The Definition of C-Test • The C-test is an adaptation of the cloze technique that has been developed by Christinee Klein-Braley and Ulrich Raatz in 1983. • Weir (1990:49) claims that C-test is based on the same theoretical rationale as cloze. • In C-test, “the rule of two” has been applied: the second half of every second word has been deleted, beginning with the second word of the second sentence; the first and last sentences are left intact.
- 11. • In C-test, a variety of texts are recommended. A short text can be formed a large numbers of items. • The correction of the task can be objectively scored as it is rare to have more than one answer. • The results are encouraging in terms of reliability and validity.
- 12. The Disadvantages of C-Test • The face validity is low because there are many blanks. • If the isolated words are difficult, the test takers concentrate their mind in guessing the vocabulary instead of comprehending the text.
- 13. The Example of C-Test
- 15. The differences between Cloze test and C-test In cloze test, the first sentence is left intact without any blanks. The fixed deletion cloze is a cloze passage where every nTH word in the passage is deleted. In the cloze passage above, n=5 means that every fifth word after the first sentence is deleted.
- 17. C-test also involve mechanical deletion but it is every second word which is mutilated. Half of each mutilated word remains in the texts in order to give the candidate a clue as to what is missing. If the whole word has an even number of letters, then exactly half are missing. For example, to = t_ .While for uneven number of letters, one more than half are missing. For instance, the = t_ _ .
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