A Preliminary Inquiry into Using Corpus Word Frequency Data in the Automatic Generation of English Language Cloze Tests.

Coniam, David

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Publication Date: 1997

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A Preliminary Inquiry into Using Corpus Word Frequency Data in the Automatic Generation of English Language Cloze Tests.

Coniam, David

CALICO Journal, v14 n2-4 p15-33 1997

Describes the process for generating, from a text, three types of multiple-choice vocabulary cloze tests: one based on n-th word deletion, one using user-specified frequency ranges, and one based on a particular word class. The article discusses the extent to which good test material can be produced realistically by computer-aided systems and the computer tools that may be useful. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Databases, Information Sources, Language Tests, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Test Construction, Vocabulary, Word Frequency

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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