The Effect of Cloze Test Practice on Grammatical Accuracy: Cooperative versus Individual Perspective in Focus

Abstract

The place of grammar in language teaching has hotly been debated over the last decades. This ambiguity is further increased by the notion of grammatical accuracy and how it can be achieved. From the host of pedagogical techniques introduced to improve grammatical accuracy, the role of cloze test practice has not been fully explored. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of cloze test practice on grammatical accuracy of Iranian intermediate EFL learners from cooperative and individual perspectives. To this end, sixty male EFL learners within the age range of 14 to 18 were chosen and after doing pre-test were randomly assigned to two experimental groups (cooperative and individual) and a control group.  After the treatment, a post test was given to all groups. The meticulous analysis of data using paired t-test and one-way ANCOVA indicated that cooperative practice of cloze test had a significant effect on grammatical accuracy of language learners.