Concordance and Consensus Indicators of Four Measures of Readability

Authors

  • Soon Hock Tan University of Malaya, Malaysia

Keywords:

correlation coefficients; concordance indicators; consensus indicators; readability’s measures

Abstract

The focus of this paper is on considering the importance of the reading skills by considering four aspects, as:  (i) the importance of the reading skill, (ii) the significance of being aware of individual differences and how to cater for them in reading; (iii) by implication, the indispensable role of the language teacher in choosing suitable reading materials with or without the help of subject specialists; (iv) the role of content specialists in selecting materials of suitable readability levels in the Malaysian education environment.

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Published

2017-07-01

How to Cite

Tan, S. H. (2017). Concordance and Consensus Indicators of Four Measures of Readability. Journal of Modern Languages, 2(1), 57–68. Retrieved from https://vmis.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3963