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Letter Deletion Procedure: A Flexible Way of Reducing Text Redundancy.

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Kokkota, V. – Language Testing, 1988

Studies the application of the letter-deletion procedure (LDP), which matches the advantages of both rational deletion and C-Tests and avoids their disadvantages to English-as-a-Second-Language tests. LDP flexibly reduces redundancy in a text by deleting letters in item words according to specified principles. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High Schools

Field Independence: A Source of Language Test Variance.

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Chapelle, Carol – Language Testing, 1988

Investigates the relationship between field independence and language measures. Results indicate varying relationships of field independence with cloze, dictation, and multiple-choice language tests. These relationships also differ for native speakers in regular or remedial English classes, and for nonnative speakers. 53 references cited. Cloze…

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Freshmen, Dictation, English (Second Language)