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Download full textKe, Sihui – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2022
This research compared the contributions of lexical inferencing, decoding, and listening comprehension to reading comprehension in Chinese-speaking learners of English as a second language (ESL) enrolled in university bridging programs in the U.S. and Chinese-speaking university learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) in mainland China.…
Descriptors: Chinese, Native Language, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
Direct linkQuintero, Stella; Zraick, Richard I.; Rosa-Lugo, Linda I.; La Scala, Jennifer D. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the readability of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B procedural safeguard notices written in Spanish, as distributed by each of the 50 states in the United States and the District of Columbia. Results were compared with the 6th-8th grade document readability guideline…
Descriptors: Readability, Equal Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Munalim, Leonardo O. – Journal of English as an International Language, 2019
The number of minutes appended in headlines serves as a signpost for readers regarding the reading time. Being the first on Minute News, this present quantitative study reports the results from comparative analyses of text contents of one-to-five Minute News published by one Philippine and one American media outlet in November 2018. Selected…
Descriptors: News Reporting, Contrastive Linguistics, Content Analysis, Computational Linguistics
Sanders, Benjamin W.; Bedrick, Steven; Broder-Fingert, Sarabeth; Brown, Shannon A.; Dolata, Jill K.; Fombonne, Eric; Reeder, Julie A.; Rivas Vazquez, Luis Andres; Fuchu, Plyce; Morales, Yesenia; Zuckerman, Katharine E. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Limited access to screening and evaluation for autism spectrum disorder in children is a major barrier to improving outcomes for marginalized families. To identify and evaluate available digital autism spectrum disorder screening resources, we simulated web and mobile app searches by a parent concerned about their child's likelihood of autism…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Computer Assisted Testing, Parent Attitudes
Rodrigo, Victoria – Hispania, 2016
Graded readers can be an optimal resource to help language students improve and personalize their learning experience. An extensive reading library with graded readers and well-defined levels of reading difficulty increases language students' chances of having a successful reading experience and become independent readers. However, when it comes…
Descriptors: Readability, Reading Materials, Spanish, Libraries
Méndez, David I.; Alcaraz, M. Ángeles – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
In this study, we carry out a qualitative and quantitative analysis of abbreviations in 300 randomly collected research paper titles published in the most prestigious European and US-based Astrophysics journals written in English. Our main results show that the process of shortening words and groups of words is one of the most characteristic and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Memory, Scholarship, Periodicals
Kouame, Julien B. – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2010
Background: Readability tests are indicators that measure how easy a document can be read and understood. Simple, but very often ignored, readability statistics cannot only provide information about the level of difficulty of the readability of particular documents but also can increase an evaluator's credibility. Purpose: The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Readability, Readability Formulas, Evaluation Methods, Literacy
Balogun, Joseph; Abiona, Titilayo; Lukobo-Durrell, Mainza; Adefuye, Adedeji; Amosun, Seyi; Frantz, Jose; Yakut, Yavuz – Health Education Journal, 2011
Objective: This comparative study evaluated the readability and test-retest reliability of a questionnaire designed to assess the attitudes, beliefs behaviours and sources of information about HIV/AIDS among young adults recruited from universities in the United States of America (USA), Turkey and South Africa. Design/Setting: The instrument was…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Test Reliability, Difficulty Level, Young Adults
Peer reviewedMitzner, Carol; Schramm, Dwayne – Business Education Forum, 1980
A study that examined correspondence from 15 different business areas found the writing of that correspondence to be at a reading level higher than the average educational level of U.S. citizens. (LRA)
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Business Education, Business English, Letters (Correspondence)
Pennock, Clifford D. – 1982
To determine whether social studies texts used in the intermediate grades of British Columbia (Canada) schools were easier than those analyzed in a 1974 study, the Fry Readability formula was applied to all the grade 4-7 social studies texts prescribed and authorized for use in 1979-1980. It was found that the British Columbia texts are extremely…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Change, Educational Research
