CLASSIFYING THE READABILITY LEVEL OF READING TEXT ON ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED “PATHWAY TO ENGLISH”
Reading is an activity that could not be separated from teaching and learning activities. It cause the textbook is one of source in learning. In this case, each reading texts hasdifferent difficulties, so it is important for teachers to choose appropriate texts for students so they wouldcompre...
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| description | Reading is an activity that could not be separated from teaching and learning
activities. It cause the textbook is one of source in learning. In this case, each reading texts
hasdifferent difficulties, so it is important for teachers to choose appropriate texts for
students so they wouldcomprehended the text. Based on the phenomenon, the researchers
interested to conduct a study that aimed to classified the readability of reading texts on
English textbook entitled "Pathway to English" for class XI for interest group. The
researchers found 22 reading texts. This study used a descriptive research method with a
quantitative approach. In calculating the readability level, the researchers used the Flesch
Reading Ease formula (7 levels). The result of readability level analysis on reading texts
showed that there were 6 categorizes of readability levels, namely;1. Easy, 2. Fairly easy,
3. Standard, 4. Fairly difficult, 5. Difficult and 6. Very difficult. The classification of
reading texts were easy text (2), fairly easytext (2), standard text (7), fairly difficult text
(6), difficulttext (4) and very difficult text (1).
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| spelling | doaj.art-2be578a26cff45cead8f40dda716054a2022-12-22T01:35:56ZengUniversitas PGRI Sumatera BaratTell-us Journal2442-76082502-74682022-06-0181110https://doi.org/10.22202/tus.2022.v8i1.5616CLASSIFYING THE READABILITY LEVEL OF READING TEXT ON ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED “PATHWAY TO ENGLISH”Ulfa Rahmi0Armilia Riza1Yelliza2Universitas PGRI Sumatera BaratUniversitas PGRI Sumatera BaratUniversitas PGRI Sumatera BaratReading is an activity that could not be separated from teaching and learning activities. It cause the textbook is one of source in learning. In this case, each reading texts hasdifferent difficulties, so it is important for teachers to choose appropriate texts for students so they wouldcomprehended the text. Based on the phenomenon, the researchers interested to conduct a study that aimed to classified the readability of reading texts on English textbook entitled "Pathway to English" for class XI for interest group. The researchers found 22 reading texts. This study used a descriptive research method with a quantitative approach. In calculating the readability level, the researchers used the Flesch Reading Ease formula (7 levels). The result of readability level analysis on reading texts showed that there were 6 categorizes of readability levels, namely;1. Easy, 2. Fairly easy, 3. Standard, 4. Fairly difficult, 5. Difficult and 6. Very difficult. The classification of reading texts were easy text (2), fairly easytext (2), standard text (7), fairly difficult text (6), difficulttext (4) and very difficult text (1). https://ejournal.upgrisba.ac.id/index.php/tell-us/article/download/5616/pdfflesch kincaid reading agereadabilityreading text |
| spellingShingle | Ulfa Rahmi Armilia Riza Yelliza CLASSIFYING THE READABILITY LEVEL OF READING TEXT ON ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED “PATHWAY TO ENGLISH” Tell-us Journal flesch kincaid reading age readability reading text |
| title | CLASSIFYING THE READABILITY LEVEL OF READING TEXT ON ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED “PATHWAY TO ENGLISH” |
| title_full | CLASSIFYING THE READABILITY LEVEL OF READING TEXT ON ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED “PATHWAY TO ENGLISH” |
| title_fullStr | CLASSIFYING THE READABILITY LEVEL OF READING TEXT ON ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED “PATHWAY TO ENGLISH” |
| title_full_unstemmed | CLASSIFYING THE READABILITY LEVEL OF READING TEXT ON ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED “PATHWAY TO ENGLISH” |
| title_short | CLASSIFYING THE READABILITY LEVEL OF READING TEXT ON ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED “PATHWAY TO ENGLISH” |
| title_sort | classifying the readability level of reading text on english textbook entitled pathway to english |
| topic | flesch kincaid reading age readability reading text |
| url | https://ejournal.upgrisba.ac.id/index.php/tell-us/article/download/5616/pdf |
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