Abstract
The aim of this study is to determine the readability levels of texts in 9th grade textbook used in the academic year of 2017-2018. This qualitative study is a descriptive study based on the document analysis. The readability levels of 33 texts randomly selected from 3 units of the 9th grade biology text book, which suggested to be used by Ministry of Education used during the academic year of 2017-2018, were examined with “Atesman’s readability formula”. The findings indicated that the readability levels of texts in biology textbook were generally in category “difficult” but also close to the difficulty border. As separately examined the findings for three units, it was founded that the readability levels of the texts were generally as “difficult” for the first unit namely “Biology: The Science of Life”, medium for the second unit namely “The Cell”, and finally medium for the thirst unit namely “The World of Living Organisms”.
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