Advantages and Disadvantages of Cloze Test

Alright! You have learned and read about how to grade the Cloze test in our previous post. Now, what you need to know is the advantages and the disadvantages of it. Do you know what are the advantages and disadvantages?? Erm.. don't know? So, read it students! :)

Advantages of Cloze Test

• easy to construct and easy to score if the exact-word scoring method is applied.
• with the 5th word deletion, a large number of items can be taken on a relatively a short text.
• It is claimed as a valid measure for reading comprehension test.

Disadvantages of Cloze Test.

• It is difficult to determine whether a certain word is appropriate to the text or not. So that is takes a long time to check.

So, how is it? Getting to know the Cloze test better? If you have any comments or questions, just drop your comment below. We will try to reply it a.s.a.p! Daaaaa.