Comprehension Module 1: Cloze That Gap
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Comprehension Module 1: Cloze That Gap
About this course: Cloze is an integrative assessment strategy that assesses how well students read a text. Yet in the classroom, it is often treated as a fill-in-the-blanks activity. No wonder many students struggle with cloze! This course will help teachers to understand the nature of the cloze task. They will also learn about the 2 types of cloze tasks and how to teach cloze effectively to their students. Resources are provided for learners and as models for teachers. This course is a culmination of 20 years of experience with in-service teaching involving more than 260 workshop sessions to teachers from 120 primary schools.
Who is this class for: Teachers who teach English in a primary school.
- Introduction 02:00 min
- Why Teach Cloze 03:37 min
- What is Cloze 02:09 min
- What Does Cloze Test 03:17 min
Quiz #1 - Two Types of Cloze 06:15 min
Exercise on Creating a Traditional Cloze task: The Lion and the Mouse
Exercise on spotting what’s wrong with cloze task
Quiz #2 - How to teach Cloze 05:58 min
- Annotating the Text for Cloze 09:24 min
Annotation Exercise: The Blackout
Demonstration: The Blackout 07:02 min - Structuring your Cloze Lesson 07:00 min
Exercise: A Theft in the Classroom
Demonstration: A Theft in the Classroom 11:15 min
Exercise: Seven Silly Monsters
Demonstration: Seven Silly Monsters 10:31 min - Marking Cloze 01:37 min
Quiz #3 - Conclusion 01:27 min
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Taught by: Dr Yin Mee Cheah
Yin Mee Cheah is a partner and the principal consultant at Learning Ventures. Yin Mee’s mission, through Learning Ventures, is to inspire teachers to be lifelong learners and impactful educators.
Yin Mee has been a popular in-service trainer to primary schools in Singapore since 1998. She has taught more than 800 in-service courses in over 150 primary schools in Singapore. Her more popular courses included courses on reading, writing, oral skills and assessment.
Yin Mee has been in the education service for 40 years. Between 1985 and 1998, Yin Mee was a lecturer at the National Institute of Education where she was a pioneer specializing in the training of pre and in-service primary school teachers. Before that she spent several years teaching in a secondary school and a junior college.
Yin Mee has also worked as a linguistic and education consultant to publishers, learning centres, IT companies, schools, and the Ministry of Education.
Yin Mee’s academic achievements:
•Ph.D. (Education) 1994, University of California at Berkeley
Dissertation: Language and Cultural Identity: An ethnographic study of English language education in Singapore
• M.A. (Education) 1987, Stanford University
• Dip. Appl. Linguistics (with distinction) 1984, RELC, Singapore
• Dip. Ed., 1979, Institute of Education, National University of Singapore
• B.A. (Hons.) 2nd Upper, 1977, University of Malaya
Created by: Learning Ventures
Learning Ventures was established in 1998 and provides courses in English language pedagogy and professional communication for teachers. These courses include the teaching of reading, writing, listening, grammar, oral communication and assessment skills. Courses on professional writing and communication in school settings for teachers’ own personal development are also available.