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Please discuss what the a cloze procedure is and its purpose. Also if you can what are some strengths and weaknesses of it. Plese cite any references used.

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Cloze Procedure is briefly defined and reflected upon.

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As an English teacher, I use cloze procedures in order to help kids enhance their active reading skills. Research shows that it is a "technique in which words are deleted from a passage according to a word-count formula or various other criteria. The passage is presented to students, who ...

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