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Davison, Alice – 1986
Defining readability in both the narrow sense of formula use and refinement and the broader sense of the processing and comprehension of language, this paper argues for the need for more research focusing on readability as a way of improving the match between reader and text. Following a brief introduction, the paper reviews current readability…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English, Language Processing, Non English Speaking