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Goeke, Dieter; Kornelius, Joachim – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1978
Finds that teaching textbooks are becoming more complex and difficult, and less interesting. A procedure is suggested for measuring these qualities in a textbook, based on the "Reading Ease" and "Human Interest" indices of R. Flesh, in Volume 6 of his work "The Good Companion". Two samples from texts are appended. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction, Readability, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedGaies, Stephen J. – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
This paper discusses a study designed to survey English as a second language readers for the purpose of determining whether a range of syntactic gradation can be observed, and the degree to which readers intended for the same level of proficiency are of equivalent difficulty. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Language Research
