Table 8 AG’s and BR’s information use and strategies for closure

Information use

Within clause

10

10

Across clause, within sentence

6

5

Across sentences, within text

1

0

Extra-textual

1

0

Strategies

Select a response based on understanding the material read

10

9(8^a)

State the meaning of the word chosen

10

4

Analyze grammar (mostly parts of speech)

3

10(6^b)

Eliminate other options

1

1

Match options (with the same part of speech) one by one with the blank

1

2

Benefit from a previous encounter

1

0

Collocation/fixed expression

1

0

Refer to a word with the same form in the following text

0

1

State failure to know the word chosen

0

1