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Predictability's aftermath: Downstream consequences of word predictability as revealed by repetition effects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Stimulus processing in language and beyond is shaped by context, with predictability having a particularly well-attested influence on the rapid processes that unfold during the presentation of a word.
Federmeier, K., Rommers, J.
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Insidie nella confezione di un cloze mirato. Appunti a partire dall’osservazione di cloze morfolessicali della certificazione di italiano per stranieri CELI

open access: yesEuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages, 2016
L’indagine che conduciamo ha per oggetto due cloze morfolessicali inclusi nella Prova di Competenza Linguistica di livello B2 della certificazione di italiano come lingua straniera CELI dell’Università di Stranieri di Perugia, sessione estiva ...
Paolo Torresan
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A set of free cross-platform authoring programs for flexible web-based CALL exercises

open access: yesThe EUROCALL Review, 2012
The Mango Suite is a set of three freely downloadable cross-platform authoring programs for flexible network-based CALL exercises. They are Adobe Air applications, so they can be used on Windows, Macintosh, or Linux computers, provided the freely ...
Myles O’Brien
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Age-related reduction of adaptive brain response during semantic integration is associated with gray matter reduction. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
While aging is associated with increased knowledge, it is also associated with decreased semantic integration. To investigate brain activation changes during semantic integration, a sample of forty-eight 25-75 year-old adults read sentences with high ...
Zude Zhu   +6 more
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Morphosyntactic but not lexical corpus-based probabilities can substitute for cloze probabilities in reading experiments.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
During reading or listening, people can generate predictions about the lexical and morphosyntactic properties of upcoming input based on available context.
Anastasiya Lopukhina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contribution of Nonverbal Cognitive Skills on Bilingual Children’s Grammatical Performance: Influence of Exposure, Task Type, and Language of Assessment

open access: yesLanguages, 2021
This study explores the contribution of nonverbal working memory and processing speed on bilingual children’s morphosyntactic knowledge, after controlling for language exposure. Participants include 307 Spanish–English bilinguals in Kindergarten, second,
Taffeta Wood   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Testing the limits of contextual constraint: interactions with word frequency and parafoveal preview during fluent reading [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Contextual constraint is a key factor affecting a word's fixation duration and its likelihood of being fixated during reading. Previous research has generally demonstrated additive effects of predictability and frequency in fixation times.
Hand, Christopher J.   +4 more
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Cloze-Elide Test as an Alternative Test Method: Linking Personality Types to Test Method Performance [PDF]

open access: yesApplied Research on English Language, 2019
More innovative test methods may measure language learners’ test performance more accurately, contributing to much fairer decisions. This study examined Iranian language learners’ performance on cloze-elide test as an innovative, integrative test method.
Rajab Esfandiari
doaj   +1 more source

Cloze Testing as an Alternative to the Conventional Exam in E.B.E.

open access: yesMiscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 1993
Much research has been done on cloze tests. Whereas most of the literature is based on General English in this study English for Business and Economics (EBE) is going to be the point of reference.
Honesto Herrera Soler
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A Simple and Effective Approach to the Story Cloze Test

open access: yes, 2018
In the Story Cloze Test, a system is presented with a 4-sentence prompt to a story, and must determine which one of two potential endings is the 'right' ending to the story.
Arora, Richa   +2 more
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