Cloze, Listening and Debating in a Skills Lesson.

Autor/in	Neary, Colin
Titel	Cloze, Listening and Debating in a Skills Lesson.
Quelle	In: The internet TESL journal, 13 (2007) 7 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Cloze-Test; Film; Methodik; Video; Hören; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Englischunterricht; Diskussion
Abstract	Cloze tests as a testing device have been warmly welcomed by many teachers as an easy-to-mark, quick way to assess both students' grammar and vocabulary at the sentence, paragraph and whole text levels. However, many other teachers, and probably most students, regard them as frustratingly difficult, mechanically boring and far from the type of communicative activities they seek. The presence of these tests in many English-as-a-Foreign-Language examinations, such as those of the University of Cambridge, has meant that teachers often do cloze tests with their students in the belief that it is a regrettable necessity to be suffered through. This is especially the case with examination-preparation courses. The author hopes to show that fun and interest can be engendered while doing cloze tests. He has used this technique successfully for many years with his students. In most cases those in his classes are adults at a post-First Certificate level and expecting to present themselves for the Cambridge Advanced Certificate within the academic year. However, the basic technique for using cloze tests as a learning activity rather than a testing activity is applicable at any level. More care would have to be exercised with the use of video at lower levels, but even here much can be done if the teacher is judicious in his choice of video. (Verlag, adapt.).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/3