Emotioncy: A potential measure of readability
Given the deficiencies of readability formulae as reliable tools for measuring text readability in educational settings, this study aims to offer a new measure to improve the current methods of testing the readability levels of texts through the incorporation of the newly-developed concept of emotio...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Kura Publishing
2016-09-01
|
| Series: | International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/147/144 |
| _version_ | 1797906641591468032 |
|---|---|
| author | Reza Pishghadam Hannaneh Abbasnejad |
| author_facet | Reza Pishghadam Hannaneh Abbasnejad |
| author_sort | Reza Pishghadam |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Given the deficiencies of readability formulae as reliable tools for measuring text readability in educational settings, this study aims to offer a new measure to improve the current methods of testing the readability levels of texts through the incorporation of the newly-developed concept of emotioncy. To this end, a group of 221 students were selected from the 2nd to 4th grades of an elementary school. They were given a passage from a 5th grade textbook whose readability was measured by Flesch and Fog indices. The students were asked to fill out an 8-item emotioncy scale along with a difficulty-finding item. One-way ANOVA and correlational analysis were used to analyze the data. Findings indicated that learners’ comprehension increases as a result of an increase in their emotioncy levels. In the end, the results were discussed and some suggestions were made to employ emotioncy in measuring readability. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-10T10:23:53Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-f0d32b60d7b74b5e965dd74d15c59b9a |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1307-9298 1307-9298 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-10T10:23:53Z |
| publishDate | 2016-09-01 |
| publisher | Kura Publishing |
| record_format | Article |
| series | International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education |
| spelling | doaj.art-f0d32b60d7b74b5e965dd74d15c59b9a2023-02-15T16:21:29ZengKura PublishingInternational Electronic Journal of Elementary Education1307-92981307-92982016-09-0191109123Emotioncy: A potential measure of readabilityReza Pishghadam0Hannaneh Abbasnejad1Ferdowsi University of MashhadFerdowsi University of MashhadGiven the deficiencies of readability formulae as reliable tools for measuring text readability in educational settings, this study aims to offer a new measure to improve the current methods of testing the readability levels of texts through the incorporation of the newly-developed concept of emotioncy. To this end, a group of 221 students were selected from the 2nd to 4th grades of an elementary school. They were given a passage from a 5th grade textbook whose readability was measured by Flesch and Fog indices. The students were asked to fill out an 8-item emotioncy scale along with a difficulty-finding item. One-way ANOVA and correlational analysis were used to analyze the data. Findings indicated that learners’ comprehension increases as a result of an increase in their emotioncy levels. In the end, the results were discussed and some suggestions were made to employ emotioncy in measuring readability.https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/147/144Readabilityemotioncyexvolvementavolvement |
| spellingShingle | Reza Pishghadam Hannaneh Abbasnejad Emotioncy: A potential measure of readability International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education Readability emotioncy exvolvement avolvement |
| title | Emotioncy: A potential measure of readability |
| title_full | Emotioncy: A potential measure of readability |
| title_fullStr | Emotioncy: A potential measure of readability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emotioncy: A potential measure of readability |
| title_short | Emotioncy: A potential measure of readability |
| title_sort | emotioncy a potential measure of readability |
| topic | Readability emotioncy exvolvement avolvement |
| url | https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/147/144 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT rezapishghadam emotioncyapotentialmeasureofreadability AT hannanehabbasnejad emotioncyapotentialmeasureofreadability |