Concordance and Consensus Indicators of Four Measures of Readability

The focus of this paper is on considering the importance of the reading skills by considering four aspects, as:  (i) the importance of the reading skill, (ii) the significance of being aware of individual differences and how to cater for them in reading; (iii) by implication, the indispensable role...

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Published inJournal of Modern Languages=Jurnal Bahasa Moden Vol. 2; no. 1
Main Author Soon Hock Tan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universiti Malaya 01.07.2017
Subjects
correlation coefficients; concordance indicators; consensus indicators; readability’s measures
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Summary:The focus of this paper is on considering the importance of the reading skills by considering four aspects, as:  (i) the importance of the reading skill, (ii) the significance of being aware of individual differences and how to cater for them in reading; (iii) by implication, the indispensable role of the language teacher in choosing suitable reading materials with or without the help of subject specialists; (iv) the role of content specialists in selecting materials of suitable readability levels in the Malaysian education environment.
ISSN:1675-526X
2462-1986