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Section C – Reading and Language System What is a M.C. Cloze? A M.C. Cloze … M.C. Questions Asking for a word or a phrase So it is mostly asking for vocabulary and grammar in context But still, we have to know •Writer’s purpose (from title, source to know the choice of vocabulary •Situation (from topic) to understand the context Developing M.C. Cloze Skills The objective is to recreate a meaningful text by choosing the best option to fill in the blank. We search for meaning, not just a word. It is a search for a word that has the right meaning in the context in which it is used. What to do? 1. Look at the title and the source style and language 2. Then, a quick skimming of the passage general idea of the context *1st reading * Do not look at the options yet 3. 2nd reading a. Look at the context of the missing words b. If the missing word is a vocabulary negative meaning? positive meaning? c. What kind of word? Verb (tense)? Noun? (Singular? Plural?) Form (Gerunds? Infinitives?) Relative Pronoun? Preposition? d. Look at the options – guessing and elimination Any more clues? •Context (identify the clues by context) (justify the choice as a result of the clues) •Should very often be an immediate context (exception though) •Locate grammatical and discourse markers to anticipate the correct words and form of that word) How many different types of questions? Most of them are testing students’ knowledge of how one particular word is used Others are on how the word functioned in a phrase * What to do with the combined MC questions? E.g. A. I only B. II only C. I & III only D. All of the above 1. check I first 2. if I is correct, eliminate all choices that do not have I ( x A, x C) 3. check IV first 4. if IV is correct, then only D is correct..