Which of these methods do you think is more effective?

I like doing the Cloze tests because a) it's easier to translate from the foreign language into your own, but more b) because you can see the words being used in context and I think that makes it easier for me to remember them.

Then again, I like doing flashcards set to my native language on the front, so that I have to produce the foreign language. To me that really kinda proves that I know and have learned the vocab.....whether it stays in my long-term memory is another matter!

I haven't actually tried the other options, dictation and multiple choice.....don't like the sound of multiple choice as it reminds me too much of school! :)

Mark

**Edit**
The more I do the cloze tests, the more I think they're gonna be a good method for me because you're not just reviewing the word you're trying to remember, but you also end up reviewing a lot of the other words that were in the original sentence, so it's win-win! :)

I think any work with new words is very important for language studying.
I don't believe we can study the foreign language successfully without paying attention to new words.
It's like morning exercises for our body, but it's good exercises for our brains.
If I have very little time, I chose multiple choise - it's the simpliest.
But both flashcards and cloze tests are maybe more effective.
I seldom use the dictation, it's useful, but it takes a lot of time.

I like the cloze tests, too, for the reason JerseyMark gives, but sometimes I can correctly choose the word that fits in the blank without knowing what the word means. So I almost always prefer multiple choice because it forces me to know the meaning of the word.

I rarely use flash cards, and I never use dictation.