Cloze Tests: An Integrative Approach

Abstract

One of the axioms of language testing is that the purpose of a test affects the
nature of that test, i.e., if the evaluators are after the development of conscious
knowledge of grammatical structures and vocabulary items, they have to use
discrete-point approach to testing. But if they are after the development of the
language skills the learners need when they use the target language in real
transactional situations at home or overseas, then they have to adopt integrative
approach to language testing.