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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Main Author: Soon Hock Tan
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaya 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Modern Languages
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Online Access:https://samudera.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3963
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spelling doaj-art-d50af252e5314a5c8ac7b01f6b0fda9c2024-11-22T04:47:39ZengUniversiti MalayaJournal of Modern Languages1675-526X2462-19862017-07-0121Concordance and Consensus Indicators of Four Measures of ReadabilitySoon Hock Tan0University of Malaya, Malaysia 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. https://samudera.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3963correlation coefficients; concordance indicators; consensus indicators; readability’s measures
spellingShingle Soon Hock Tan
Concordance and Consensus Indicators of Four Measures of Readability
Journal of Modern Languages
correlation coefficients; concordance indicators; consensus indicators; readability’s measures
title Concordance and Consensus Indicators of Four Measures of Readability
title_full Concordance and Consensus Indicators of Four Measures of Readability
title_fullStr Concordance and Consensus Indicators of Four Measures of Readability
title_full_unstemmed Concordance and Consensus Indicators of Four Measures of Readability
title_short Concordance and Consensus Indicators of Four Measures of Readability
title_sort concordance and consensus indicators of four measures of readability
topic correlation coefficients; concordance indicators; consensus indicators; readability’s measures
url https://samudera.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3963
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