Abstract:Cloze test is considered to be a convenient and economical method for the test of students’ comprehensive language competence and reading comprehension ability, which has many advantages in foreign language testing. This paper tries to explore the feasibility of applying Schema Theory in cloze test to improve students’ efficiency in doing cloze test by analyzing the relationship between cloze test and linguistic schema, content schema and formal schema respectively. The paper takes the cloze test of Jiangsu college entrance examination in 2013 as the example, tries to set forth a teaching model of adopting Schema Theory in dealing with the cloze test. The process goes from activating schema before doing cloze test to building up new schema while doing cloze test to consolidating schema after doing cloze test. The purpose of exploring the process aims to help students overcome the obstacles they come across while doing cloze test and improve their comprehensive ability in doing cloze tests. 

Keywords: Schema Theory; cloze test; application

Contents

Abstract

中文摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-2

2.1 Schema Theory-2

2.2 Studies on Cloze Test-4

3. The Feasibility of Applying Schema Theory to Cloze Test-5

3.1 Linguistic Schema——Providing Language Knowledge-5

3.2 Content Schema——Offering Background Knowledge-6

3.3 Formal Schema——Supplying Genre Knowledge-7

4. The Process of Applying Schema Theory to Cloze Test-8

4.1 Activating Schema before Doing Cloze Test-8

4.2 Building up New Schema while Doing Cloze Test-10

4.3 Consolidating Schema after Doing Cloze Test-12

5. Conclusion-14

Works Cited-15

Appendix-16