A Survey on the Readability of Cloze Passages in An Integrated English Course (I-IV)

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10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_194How to use a DOI?

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Readability; Cloze Passages; An Integrated English Course

Abstract

This study assesses the readability of cloze materials in An Integrated English Course (I-IV) with Readability Analyzer 1.0, by presenting their AWL, ASL, and Flesch Reading Ease scores. It is found that words in the cloze materials in IEC (I-IV) are getting increasingly complex in term of AWL; sentences in cloze materials of IEC IV are the most complex, followed by IEC III, I and II; the Flesch Reading Ease scores suggest that readability of the cloze materials in IEC (I-IV) decreases in general, in accordance with Krashen’s Input Hypothesis. However, readability of cloze materials within each volume of IEC (I-IV) varies greatly from one unit to another. Such great readability differences and the disorder of the arrangement of the cloze materials in the textbooks potentially hinder students’ effective learning of English with the textbooks. Therefore, textbook editors should assess the readability of the materials and set them in appropriate order in developing textbooks. Teachers should also evaluate and adapt teaching materials to facilitate their teaching, based on objective analysis of the readability of the materials.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lingling Zhou
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/02/13
TI  - A Survey on the Readability of Cloze Passages in An Integrated English Course (I-IV)
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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