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Download full textCarcamo, Benjamin – HOW, 2023
At the end of high school in Chile, it is expected that students achieve a B1 English language proficiency level. In the present article, we measure the level of readability of the texts used in the new EFL Chilean textbook and compare it with the readability level of the texts used in the Cambridge B1 preliminary exam to check its appropriacy.…
Descriptors: Readability, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Solnyshkina, Marina I.; Vishnyakova, Ol'ga D.; Gafiyatova, Elzara V.; Gabitov, Azat I. – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2017
The research identifies the complexity level of eight texts from Spotlight 11 used in Russian TEFL to prepare students for National Unified Exam in English and assess their reading skills. The results of the analyses conducted with the help of T.E.R.A., an automated text processor, prove that all texts fell within the range of 6-9 Flesch-Kincaid…
Descriptors: Textbooks, English (Second Language), Textbook Evaluation, Language Proficiency
Anders, Patricia L., Ed. – 1980
A selection of seven articles on teaching reading to high school students is presented in this report. The topics discussed are: (1) a structured approach to reading expository prose, (2) the effectiveness of sustained silent reading, (3) readability variations in secondary remedial high interest books, (4) the effects of previewing difficult…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, High Schools, Language Proficiency, Readability
Kitao, Kenji – Doshisha Studies in English, 1994
This article discusses Japanese students' difficulties in reading English, overviews some of the problems of college English textbooks, presents the results of research on the subject, and discusses characteristics of measures of readability. Teaching methods that have proven effective with Japanese students and activities for engaging students in…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
