Native and Nonnative Speaker Performance on Cloze Tests.  

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Alderson, J. Charles

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies (Full Text) vol. 30 no. 1 (Jun. 1980), page 59-76.
Fulltext: 30_01_Alderson.pdf (851.25KB)

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A frequent assumption of proficiency tests for nonnative speakers of a lan- guage is that they measure something that native speakers are able to do uniform- ly well. The cloze procedure is increasingly used to construct proficiency tests for administration to nonnative speakers of English. However, little evidence is avail- able on the question of whether cloze tests are capable of making fme distinctions between native and nonnative speakers. The paper reports on a study comparing the performances of native speakers of English with those of nonnative speakers, on a number of cloze tests constructed by manipulating variables in cloze test design. It is shown that native and nonnative speakers perform similarly on cloze tests with respect to these variables. The results are related to the claim that cloze resrs (as distinct from cloze items) measure essentially lower-order language skills, and it is suggested that the notion of language proficiency needs to be revised. This has major implications for the construction and validation of lan- guage tests.

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