Cloze and Maze method for English Teaching.

Reading Skills-1

Cloze and Maze Method is one of the important strategies in developing student’s ability to identify words.

A cloze is a sentence with one word partially incomplete and the students have to complete the sentence. Students should use the context to identify the words as you would notice that the exercise has an important significance in students learning.

The teacher while preparing the exercise should frame sentences that are related to the life of students. This exercise can be done with a large group of students as well.

Above is an example of a cloze method. Ask students what word would make sense in the missing space. Make the exercise more of a fun. This activity should not take more than ten minutes.

Maze Method

It is also a fun and interesting technique to include in the activities. In this method, a student is given two or three options to choose from.

For e.g. Saurbah loves to ………… Football. (Play/plant/plan)

Use of dictionary in teaching

Dictionary gives a meaning, origin, and use of a particular word. A good dictionary can help one understand the subject better and improve student’s condition.

Exercise:

Give students five words for e.g. Retaliate, myriad, plagiarism, paradise, and rejuvenation.

Ask students to find these words in the dictionary and ask them to write it down in their notebooks. You can ask the students to dictate and make use of the word in the classes.