This is interesting in and of itself but it also has a link to Child Language Acquisition: in primary schools, teachers sometimes use a framework of a text with words missing for children to choose and insert. This is called 'cloze procedure' and it tests children's vocabulary but also tests their ability to read semantic and syntactic cues: the word has to make sense (semantic cues tell you what meaning would be suitable e.g. you wouldn't put Charlotte ate the HORSE, you would be more likely to put SANDWICH, CAKE or SHREDDIES; syntactic cues tell you what kind of word will fit e.g. Sam threw the BALL - you would have to put a noun in, you wouldn't put a verb e.g. Sam threw the SING or adjective e.g. Sam threw the tall).
This is interesting in and of itself but it also has a link to Child Language Acquisition: in primary schools, teachers sometimes use a framework of a text with words missing for children to choose and insert. This is called 'cloze procedure' and it tests children's vocabulary but also tests their ability to read semantic and syntactic cues: the word has to make sense (semantic cues tell you what meaning would be suitable e.g. you wouldn't put Charlotte ate the HORSE, you would be more likely to put SANDWICH, CAKE or SHREDDIES; syntactic cues tell you what kind of word will fit e.g. Sam threw the BALL - you would have to put a noun in, you wouldn't put a verb e.g. Sam threw the SING or adjective e.g. Sam threw the tall).
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