Cloze+Procedure



The cloze procedure helps the ESL teacher identify the literacy level of ESL students. It also helps the teacher understand how well the English student understands the sentence structure of the English language. The student reads a short text with every 5th word omitted. The student tries to fill in each blank with the correct word.

The following is an example of a cloze procedure. It also includes a scoring guide.


 * Yankovic, A. (2011). //When I Grow Up.// New York: HarperCollins Publishers.



The following website provides more information and examples of cloze procedures.
 * Ginsburg, M. //Reading Cloze Procedure.// Retrieved from [|http://sharepoint.chiles.leon.k12.fl.us/lcsreadingstrategies/Words%20and%20Phrases%20in%20Context/Cloze%20Procedure%20-%20Highly%20Recommended!.pdf]



**Contact Information:**

Elena Heath ESL Coordinator heathe@hcss.org