2.3.8.2 The scrambled sentences. The researcher gives the students a
short story with scrambled sentences. The students are asked to unscramble
them. Putting sentences in the right sequence gives them a real understanding
of the language. Every individual comes to know about his own shortcomings.
As it has been pointed out by Keith Johnson (Communicative approaches
and communicative processes; Psycholinguistics & Language Teaching
Methodology, pg. 430) that the ability to identify and check one’s own
mistakes is, according to Bartlett (1947) ‘the best single measure of mental
skill’.