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ERIC Number: EJ164485
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Are Cloze Items Sensitive to Constraints across Sentences?
Chihara, Tetsuro; And Others
Language Learning, 27, 1, 63-73, Jun 77
To determine if cloze items are sensitive to constraints across sentences, sequential and scrambled-type tests were given to native English speakers and Japanese adults studying ESL. Results showed cloze items embedded in prose are sensitive to discourse constraints ranging beyond the immediate limits of a sentence. (CHK)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, English, English (Second Language), Language Skills, Language Tests, Reading Comprehension, Test Construction, Test Interpretation, Test Validity
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