A comparison of cognitive processing during cloze and multiple-choice reading tests using brain activation

• Mizumoto Atsushi

• Ikeda Maiko

• Takeuchi Osamu

抄録

This study compares cognitive processing and cerebral activation during a cloze test to a multiple-choice reading test. Data were obtained through an innovative neuroimaging technique (near-infrared spectroscopy, NIRS) and stimulated recall interviews. Fifteen Japanese EFL (English as a foreign language) learners participated. Greater brain activation was observed in the cloze condition than in the multiple-choice condition. Individual variation in degree of cerebral activation was also found and further examined by referencing the stimulated recall interviews. Pedagogical and research implications are provided, especially emphasizing that practitioners and researchers should exercise caution and informed judgment when they use cloze tests.

収録刊行物

• ARELE (Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan)

  ARELE (Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan) (27), 65-80, 2016-03-31

  Japan Society of English Language Education

キーワード

• クローズ　テスト
• リーディング
• 多肢選択
• ニルス
• 脳
• 関西大学（Kansai University）

詳細情報

• CRID: 1573950402425903232
• NII論文ID: 120005832502
• NII書誌ID: AA10890588
• ISSN: 13448560
• Web Site: http://hdl.handle.net/10112/10355
• 本文言語コード: en
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