11 Jul Cloze procedures have several uses: (a) to determine the readability of a passage, (b) to test a student?s r
Cloze procedures have several uses: (a) to determine the readability of a passage, (b) to test a student?s reading ability for placement, and (c) to teach comprehension strategies or review content knowledge. Our primary purpose here is to understand how the cloze test can be used to determine the readability of a text or an estimate of how competently a student can read a given text. One of the assessments mentioned in chapter 3 is the use of a cloze passage. After reading chapter three, you would have learned what a cloze passage is as one of the assessment tools? and the components of a cloze test. Question 1. Practice filling in the cloze passage with appropriate words. What insight? ?can you deduce from? ?doing this exercise as a teacher? CLOZE PASSAGE There is really nothing mysterious about groundwater. We just can?t see?1_____like we can see a pond, a stream, or the?2______. This water collects below?3___?earth?s surface in aquifers,?4____between soil and rock?particles. ?It is also found in cracks ?and crevices and inside?5_____?rocks. The top surface?6___groundwater is called the?7____table. When the water?8____?is high enough,?9______comes to the surface naturally in?10____,?lakes, ponds and rivers, and it can?11____?be brought to the surface by?12____?wells. But the top level?13____the groundwater (the water table) is usually?14______. Groundwater is a vital15______?of the water cycle and?16____?replenished by rainfall. The?17____of ??groundwater in different?18____?of the world vary, and the amount at any one place can change due to?19_____?drought, heavy withdrawal for human use, or other factors. Groundwater quality is generally?20_____than that of surface?21____?because it is not as readily?22____to pollution sources. Also, the?23_____of groundwater through various?24_____?of soil and rock filters out?25_____?impurities. However, some groundwater can be polluted by pesticides, chemicals, landfill leachate, and other materials that seep into groundwater supplies.
