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15 pages. Testing techniques in a second language course are numerous and there are mixed results depending upon the type of testing that is done. One test is called the cloze test, which is discussed in this paper. There are ways that linguistic instructors can adapt this particular test so that it can be more easily understood and modified to meet the needs of particular students. Also discussed are some of the difficulties encountered in language testing and requirements and how measurements can be determined to be accurate. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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the cloze test, which is discussed in this paper. There are ways that linguistic instructors can adapt this particular test so that it can be more easily understood and
modified to meet the needs of particular students. Also discussed are some of the difficulties encountered in language testing and requirements and how measurements can be determined to be
accurate. A LANGUAGE PRIMER One group of individuals that benefits particularly well from the broken language barriers is that of the youth. Attempting to assimilate into life without
the inherent language boundaries is difficult enough, but when children and adolescents are forced to blend into a society plagued with enormous communication barriers, it becomes almost overwhelming. While
"language is one of the most intimate parts of culture" (Wuethrich 2000, PG), it can also be one of the most dividing among peoples. The basis for all verbal
communication, no matter what part of the world, is virtually the same from language to language. Those who study foreign language -- and that primarily consists of secondary and
high school students -- understand that an integral part of mastering that language is in learning the words. All those words become stored in the brains memory bank to
be brought up when they are heard again and again. According to Cooks Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, this is precisely the
reason people do not understand a language they have not learned: the words have not yet been added to their memory bank. In effect, the part of the brain
that controls language skills - the linguistic memory -- has not been properly fitted with the right information. Thus, once words are committed to memory, it is easy to
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