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Developing and Using Cloze Materials to Teach Reading
Author(s) -
Greenewald M. Jane
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1981.tb01633.x
Subject(s) - reading (process) , focus (optics) , psychology , mathematics education , computer science , word (group theory) , cloze test , linguistics , reading comprehension , pedagogy , philosophy , physics , optics
Although better known as a testing device, the cloze technique can also be used to help word‐byword readers acquire more mature reading strategies. In this article, suggestions are provided for creating and using cloze exercises which vary in difficulty and instructional focus. Recommendations are also made for introducing and directing cloze training.