Conversational Cloze as a Measure of Oral Ability

The present research is an attempt to investigate "Conversational Cloze Test" (CCT). The main focus of the present study is on measuring the students'' ability of English language in the schools of West Bengal. In West Bengal both English and Bengali medium schools are available and therefore the present study attempts to analyse the students'' level of achievement in English and Bengali languages in English and Bengali medium schools. We earnestly hope that the findings of the present study will help in redesigning the curriculum of English language teaching, and mother tongue teaching in the schools of West Bengal. The present study critically reviews the current English language teaching methodologies used in the Bengali medium school.