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UNIT 4: Readability Index Measurement

UNIT 4: Readability Index Measurement. What is Readability?. The feature of plain language that makes it easy to read Or Describes the ease with which a document can be read. How to Measure Readability?.

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UNIT 4: Readability Index Measurement

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  1. UNIT 4: Readability Index Measurement

  2. What is Readability? The feature of plain language that makes it easy to read Or Describes the ease with which a document can be read.

  3. How to Measure Readability? Mathematical formulas were designed to assess the suitability of books for students at particular grade levels or ages. Formulas provide an objective measure of text difficulty that can be reported as a level. It is interpreted to mean that a reader must be reading at that level in order to understand the text.

  4. The readability formulas are 80 percent accurate. They give a good rough estimate of the difficulty of a text.

  5. Features of the Reader thataffect Readability Readers: Prior Knowledge Reading skill (literacy) Interest Motivation Text: Content Style Design Organization

  6. Benefits of Readability Greater readability increases: Comprehension (understanding) Retention (memory) Reading Speed Persistence (reading more of the text)

  7. Readability Formula • Rudolf Flesch • his Reading Ease Readability formula. • RE = 206.835 – (1.015 x ASL) – (84.6 x ASW) RE = Readability Ease ASL = Average Sentence Length (i.e., the number of words divided by the number of sentences) ASW = Average number of syllables per word (i.e., the number of syllables divided by the number of words) 

  8. http://www.readabilityformulas.com/flesch-reading-ease-readability-formula.phphttp://www.readabilityformulas.com/flesch-reading-ease-readability-formula.php Scores: 90-100 : Very Easy 80-89 : Easy 70-79 : Fairly Easy 60-69 : Standard 50-59 : Fairly Difficult 30-49 : Difficult 0-29 : Very Difficult /Confusing

  9. Flesch Reading Ease score: 22.8 (text scale)Flesch Reading Ease scored your text: very difficult to read. Reading Level: very difficult to read. Reader's Age: College graduate

  10. 2. Spache Readability Formula The Spache Formula considers “unfamiliar words” as words that 3rd grade and below. Spache Readability Index/Grade Level = (0.141 X ASL) + (0.086 X PDW) +0.839 where, ASL = Average Sentence Length PDW = Percentage of Difficult Words 

  11. http://www.readabilityformulas.com/spache-readability-formula.phphttp://www.readabilityformulas.com/spache-readability-formula.php

  12. Spache Readability Index: 15.6Grade level: College Graduate 

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