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Perkins, Kyle; German, Patricia – 1985
A study of the information gained by students in the process of taking a cloze test in English as a second language was conducted with 34 full-time undergraduate foreign students at a state university. The subjects came from a variety of native language backgrounds. A 35-item cloze test was developed in which every eighth word was deleted,…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, Context Clues, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedJohnson, Patricia – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
The effects on reading comprehension of prior cultural experience were assessed in a study of 72 advanced ESL students reading about Halloween. Prior cultural experience was found to be helpful, but exposure to meanings of target vocabulary words had no significant effect on comprehension. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Background, College Students, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
