[etni] Re: cloze
- From: "Lev Abramov" <lev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <maxine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 14:43:41 +0200
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Dear Maxine and all -
Another well-known supporter of the use of cloze for testing is Prof.
Stephen Krashen. Those of you who attended his lecture in Tel Aviv some
years ago will confirm this.
Actually, the expulsion of cloze from the testing tools arsenal of NBA is a
total mystery: one doesn't just throw out a good instrument unless there is
some solid theoretical basis for making such a decision. Is anyone on this
list familiar with research data that would contradict Krashen, Oller and a
few others who also believe cloze is good for testing? I have been unable to
locate any.
It would be especially interesting to hear how the NBA architects themselves
explain it, if any of them is reading this and is willing to respond.
Of course, there might be other considerations (probably of quite
extrapedagogical nature) that mandated the untimely demise of cloze in our
Bagrut - but I would rather not share my suspicions before the NBA
forefathers get a chance to speak.
Have a good summer.
Lev
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Lev Abramov
The Schiffman Institute
<http://home.schiffman.biz>
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Subject: [etni] Re: cloze
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When I was studying for my Masters degree in the States
in the late 70's, one of my professors was John Oller, who'd made a name for
himself in EFL testing and was a very enthusiastic proponent of the cloze as
an INTEGRATIVE test of language skills as opposed to discrete-point tests
i.e. grammar, vocabulary. He'd been advocating cloze testing from the
early '70s, and he was almost a fanatic in his belief that it was a much
more reliable way of testing overall language proficiency.
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Maxine Tsvaigrach
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