van der Velden, M. (2024). Cambridge Linguaskill preparation: teaching โ€œopen clozeโ€ questions with ludic activities

van der Velden, M. (2024). Cambridge Linguaskill preparation: teaching โ€œopen clozeโ€ questions with ludic activities

Metadata

  • Author: Monika van der Velden
  • Reviewed by: Martin Sedaghat, Abdulsamad Humaidan
  • Volume and page numbers: 6 (p. 21 โ€“ 43)
  • Date of publication: 2024/04/09
  • Keywords: Linguaskill, Ludic Language Pedagogy, Open cloze, SLA, Test preparation
  • Cite: van der Velden, M. (2024). Cambridge Linguaskill preparation: teaching โ€œopen clozeโ€ questions with ludic activities. Ludic Language Pedagogy, 6, 21-43.

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Key Points

  • Background: In the French University of Technology where I am currently teaching English, I was able to implement a lesson plan created for the EVO2022 LLP course. Open cloze is one of the tasks on the Cambridge Linguaskill tests. This task in particular is dreaded by my students.
  • Aim: Show a practical example of how ludic activities can be used for official test preparation, in this case, the Cambridge Linguaskill business test, and help students succeed on the test.
  • Methods: To make open cloze tasks more enjoyable for my students and make them want to work on them, ludic activities were included in the lessons.
  • Results: By the end of the lessons, students felt more comfortable with open cloze tasks and results improved.
  • Conclusion: Ludic activities can be a valuable asset in language test preparation.