English 21 ( language and literature research)

1. Republic of the Philippines
SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
Main Campus, Tandag City
November 20, 2015
Dear Respondent,
Warmest greetings!
One of the academic requirements of the BSED-III English students is a research paper in
response to English 21 (Language and Literature Research). We are currently working with our
research paper entitled “Effectiveness of Cloze–Test as an Integrative Learning Assessment in
Reading Comprehension”
Anent to this, we would like to ask your support and assistance to answer the attached
questionnaire to the best of your knowledge and belief. Rest assured that any response will be held
with utmost confidentiality.
Thank you so much and God bless!
Very truly yours,
Angelito T. Pera
Clinton D. Sequihod
Mary Cris P. Quiñonez
April Joy D. Secarro
I. THE PROFILE.
General Directions: Fill out completely, accurately and legibly in ink or typewriter and check (/) the
items that follow for your choices/preferences.
A. Personal Information:
A.1 Name: ______________________________________ A.6 Birthdate: _______________________
A.2 Present Address: ______________________________A.6 Birthplace: ______________________
A.3 Age: _____________ Civil Status: __________________A.7 Sex: _________________________
A.4 Citizenship: ___________ Occupation: ___________A.8 Lang. Spoken and Written:____________
B. Educational Background:
B.1 Highest Education Attainment:
() College () Secondary () Elementary () Others please specify____________________
B.2 Degree/Course: ________________________________Year Graduated: ____________________
B.3 School/University Attended/Graduated: _______________________________________________
C.Perception of the Effectiveness of Cloze–Test as Integrative Assessment in Reading
Comprehension:
Direction: Please indicate your responses on the following statements by putting a check (√) using
the scale below as follows:

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5 – Strongly Agree 4 – Agree 3 – Fair 2 – Disagree 1 – Strongly Disagree
A. Controllability
Indicators
1 2 3 4 5
1. The Cloze test procedure can easily adjust the instructional planning.
2. It can limit the learners the extension of different vocabularies.
3. It can easily manipulate by the teachers and learners as well.
4. Placement of the blank at the end of the sentence in the passage
restricts the possible words that may complete the sentence.
5. The instructors can readily assume the fairness in the interpretation
results.
B. Reliability & Validity
Indicators
1 2 3 4 5
1. Cloze test have adequacy and representativeness of learning
outcomes.
2. The passage measures what it purports to measure.
3. Cloze test must first consider the errors of measurement.
4. It can easily interpret the test results to improve teaching and
learning.
5. It has a value of testing as a tool to improve instruction and learning
performance.
C. Usability
Indicators
1 2 3 4 5
1. It manifests strong retention constructed – response type.
2. It creates critical reasoning for learners on how to arrive on precise
conclusions.
3. Learners can employ to assess vocabulary, understanding facts,
seeing, relationships, drawing inferences, detecting author’s literary
style, and approximating the patterns of language structure.
4. The test provides communicative skills in understanding such areas
of learning.
5. It contributes logical argumentation and empirical evidence for
learners such as resourceful in resolving authentic problems in
studying communication arts.

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SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
Main Campus, Tandag City
D.Cloze – Test (adopted from Crystal David’s Educational Research: Cambridge 2004)
Directions: Read the passage and hint or predict the word that was removed and replace it with
the word that best fits the intended meaning in a passage. (Time allotment is 25minutes).
The cat has a 1.__________ as fascinating and mysterious as the creature itself. The true
beginnings of the domestic cat are unknown, but the cat may have first appeared around3000 B.C. in a
2.__________ called Nubia, which bordered Egypt. By 2500 B.C., the cat was domesticated in Egypt.
The cat's first 3.__________ in Egypt was Mau. The Mau’s 4.__________ in Egypt grew rapidly; she
was eventually considered guardian of the temple and was worshipped as a goddess. Besides being
worshipped as goddesses, cats also had a practical 5.__________: they kept 6.__________ from
overrunning the Egyptian grain store-houses.
The Greeks were probably the first 7.__________ to recognize cats for their mouse- catching
talents. When International Journal of Human and Social Sciences 5:9 2010556Egyptians refused to
sell or trade any of their cats, the Greeks 8.__________ several of the Egyptian cats and sold the
9.__________ of these stolen cats to Romans. The cat became the 10.__________ of liberty in
ancient Rome. By the end of the eleventh 11.__________ cats were popular among sailors because of
their rat-catching skills. Sailors admired cats because they 12__________ disease-infested rats which
lived on ships. Many sailors believed that cats possessed special powers that could 13.__________
them at sea.
Although the cat was held in high regard and fancied during 14.__________ times, the cat
didn't fare will in Europe in the Middle Ages. Cats were associated with evil, witchcraft, and black
15.__________. Many people believed that 16.__________ regularly transformed themselves into
cats. Men and women were killed for helping a 17.__________ or injured cat. During the witch-hunts in
Europe many innocent people were accused of witchcraft simply because they owned cats. Black cats
were especially feared. Some legends and 18.__________ about cats exist today, like that about the
nine lives of cats. Another legend that survived from Europe's Middle Ages into the present states that
a black cat crossing one's path brings bad 19.__________.
Today the elegant, graceful cat has become a popular house 20.__________ throughout the
21.__________. The cat is one of the smartest of tame animals, but they are independent and harder
to train. Cats are valued for their gentle, affectionate natures. They have 22.__________ memories;
they 23.__________ who treats them well and who treats them badly. A cat's loyalty is earned; a cat

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COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
Main Campus, Tandag City
won't stay where it is 24.__________. They respond to loving owners with loyalty, affection, and
respect. Cats are noted for their keen senses: their sharp hearing, sense of smell, and ability to
25.__________ in near darkness. Perhaps Leonardo Da Vinci summed it up best when he referred to
the cat as “Nature’s Masterpiece.”
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Thank you so much for support and assistance. God bless you!
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Date Signed: ___________________

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SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
Main Campus, Tandag City
Appendix D
The Cloze test answer key:
1. History
2. Country
3. Name
4. Status
5. Function
6. Mice
7. Europeans
8. Stole
9. Kittens
10. Symbol
11.Century
12.Destroyed
13.Protect
14.Ancient
15.Magic
16.Witches
17.Sick
18.Superstitions
19.Luck
20.Pet
21.World
22.Good
23.Remember
24. Mistreated
25. see

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SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
Main Campus, Tandag City