Abstract
Reading materials are considered having high readability if readers are interested to read the materials, understand the content of the materials and able to read the materials fluently. In contrast, reading materials with low readability discourage readers from reading the materials, create difficulties for readers to understand the content of the materials and prevent readers to read the materials fluently.
Highlights
Reading materials are considered having high readability if readers are interested to read the materials, understand the content of the materials and able to read the materials fluently
WWB Style Statistics with Support analysis tool is used because it offers numerical information and evaluation statements on average sentence length and the types of sentence used in the reading materials (S/compound sentences (Cd) and complex sentences (Cx)/compoundcomplex sentences (CdCx))
WWB suggests that the average sentence length (ASL) of a good piece of writing is around 18 to 26 w.p.s. and the use of S/Cd should be less than 50%, while the use of Cx/CdCx should be more than 50% but less than 70% of the whole sentences in the piece of writing (WWB Manual, 2009)
Summary
Reading materials are considered having high readability if readers are interested to read the materials, understand the content of the materials and able to read the materials fluently. In the case of the second language learners, they need to know the 3,000 high frequency words of the language (Waring & Nation, 1997) as knowing these words enable them to begin reading authentic texts (Nation, 1990; Schmitt, Schmitt & Clapham, 2001) Knowing these words, Aim of the Study This study intends to propose a more comprehensive approach to analyze reading materials so that the overall readability of the materials can be determined, but information about sentence and word difficulty as well. The scale used to measure readability is based on the US grade level scale which may not be significant to ESL learners These reasons have made the Flesch Reading Ease formula the best candidate to estimate readability of reading materials in this study.
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