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The Use of the Cloze Test in Reading Comprehension Assessment in Brazil: Post-Pandemic Challenges

Cadernos de Linguística
The Cloze test has been widely used for 70 years to assess proficiency in understanding texts in different languages, both L1 and L2. The basis of the test is the systematic gapping of a text, and hit scores are associated with the participant’s degree ...
Flávia Oliveira Freitas, Gislane Evangelista dos Santos, Raquel Meister Ko Freitag   +2 more
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From corpus-based collocation frequencies to readability measure [PDF]

, 2006
This paper provides a broad overview of three separate but related areas of research. Firstly, corpus linguistics is a growing discipline that applies analytical results from large language corpora to a wide variety of problems in linguistics and related
Anagnostou, N.K., Weir, G.R.S.
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Dynamic Entity Representations in Neural Language Models

, 2017
Understanding a long document requires tracking how entities are introduced and evolve over time. We present a new type of language model, EntityNLM, that can explicitly model entities, dynamically update their representations, and contextually generate ...
Choi, Yejin, Ji, Yangfeng, Martschat, Sebastian, Smith, Noah A., Tan, Chenhao   +4 more
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Effects of Lexical Frequency in Predictive Processing: Higher Frequency Boosts First Language Speed and Facilitates Second Language Prediction

Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 1, Page 249-279, March 2026.
Abstract This study explores how word frequency affects verb‐mediated prediction in L1 and L2 speakers, using a visual‐world eye‐tracking task. By manipulating frequency of nouns within subjects (higher; lower) and type of verbs used as predictive cues (semantically restrictive; neutral) in sentences (e.g., The {doctor/surgeon} {opened/moved} the box),
Haerim Hwang, Kitaek Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Sequential Attention: A Context-Aware Alignment Function for Machine Reading

, 2017
In this paper we propose a neural network model with a novel Sequential Attention layer that extends soft attention by assigning weights to words in an input sequence in a way that takes into account not just how well that word matches a query, but how ...
Bowman, Samuel R., Brarda, Sebastian, Yeres, Philip   +2 more
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Thickness Is More Than Affective Valence: Evaluative Language Through the Lenses of Psycholinguistics

Cognitive Science, Volume 50, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract Thick terms like “courageous,” “smart,” and “tasty” combine description and evaluation, contrasting with purely evaluative terms like “good” and “bad,” and descriptive terms like “Italian” and “green.” Thick terms intuitively constitute a special class of evaluative language; but we currently do not know whether the psycholinguistic effects of
Giovanni Cassani, Matteo Colombo
wiley   +1 more source

RACE: Large-scale ReAding Comprehension Dataset From Examinations

, 2017
We present RACE, a new dataset for benchmark evaluation of methods in the reading comprehension task. Collected from the English exams for middle and high school Chinese students in the age range between 12 to 18, RACE consists of near 28,000 passages ...
Hovy, Eduard, Lai, Guokun, Liu, Hanxiao, Xie, Qizhe, Yang, Yiming   +4 more
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Programa de computador para a criação e aplicação de testes de Cloze

Revista Brasileira da Educação Profissional e Tecnológica
Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo validar um programa de computador para a criação e aplicação de Testes de Cloze no formato digital. Participaram 69 estudantes com idades entre 14 a 53 anos de uma escola de ensino médio técnico do interior do estado de São Paulo. Foi utilizado o Teste de Cloze “Coisas da natureza”.
Ewerton José da Silva, Neide de Brito Cunha   +1 more
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English as a Heritage Language in Japan: Writing Development From Late Childhood to Adolescence

Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 1, January/February/March 2026.
Bilingual children and adolescents can develop strong writing skills in their heritage language. In a three‐year study of Japanese–English bilinguals in Japan, English writing scores matched or exceeded those of same‐age U.S. peers and improved each year. Writing development was supported by both home literacy practices and weekend schools.
Janice Nakamura, Suzanne Quay
wiley   +1 more source

Compreensão em leitura e avaliação da aprendizagem em universitários Reading comprehension and learning evaluation among undergraduates

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 2005
Este estudo teve por objetivo explorar a relação entre a compreensão em leitura, o desempenho acadêmico e a avaliação da aprendizagem em disciplinas específicas.
Katya Luciane de Oliveira, Acácia Aparecida Angeli Dos Santos   +1 more
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