Assessing and comparing the readability level of Farsi reading books in the third grade of elementary school based on reading techniques

Document Type : Research Paper

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Undergraduate student , Science Education , Farhangian University of Shahid Hashemi nejad , Mashhad , Iran

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The aim of this study was to measure and compare the level of readability of Farsi books in the third grade of elementary in the academic year 1399-1400 based on four techniques of Flash, Gunning Fock, Fry and Laflin to measure the level of readability in terms of proportion between texts with age and understanding of students as well as access to the degree of adherence to the principles of planning such as simple sequence principle , it has focused on the difficulty of structuring. The research method is quantitative content analysis and descriptive statistical method. Based on the sensitivity of Farsi books in the first elementary school due to the role of the country's formal literacy infrastructure and the importance of the third grade for teaching advanced levels of the four main language skills, which leads to deepening comprehension and thinking and creativity in other subjects. The statistical population of the study was considered to be the newly reading Farsi textbook of the third grade of elementary school. For all four techniques, three samples from the beginning, middle and end of the book were randomly selected and based on formulas, diagrams and tables specific to all four techniques, first analyzed and then compared with each other. The results indicate that, firstly, the principle of simple sequence is not observed in the contents of the book, secondly, the level of readability of the book is very difficult and higher than the level of comprehension and ability of third grade elementary students.

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  • Receive Date: 11 September 2020
  • Revise Date: 08 November 2020
  • Accept Date: 13 November 2020

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