ENGLISH FOR MARINERS COURSEBOOK: HOW DOES READABILITY FORMULA RATE THE READABILITY LEVEL OF TEXTS?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31851/esteem.v5i1.7303Keywords:
Coursebook, Readability formula, Readability levelAbstract
Readability level of marine texts do influences cadets’ ability in comprehending Maritime English reading materials. This research investigates the readability level of texts in English for Mariners, an English Maritime coursebook published by Language Competence Certification Tools for the Vocations (LCCTV) used for first-year cadets at West Sumatera Merchant Marine Polytechnic. To this end, 10 selected texts from 10 units were analysed. The Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease was utilized as readability formula to assess the readability level of texts. The findings revealed that 10% text was categorized as extremely difficult, 30% texts were difficult, 30% texts were fairly difficult, 10% text was average, 10% text was fairly easy, and 10% text was easy to read. Thus, English for mariners coursebook is readable for cadets even though few texts are too easy to comprehend.References
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DuBay, William H. (2004). The Principles of Readability. Research Summary
Ewie, C., O. (2014). Readability of comprehension passages in junior high school (JHS) English textbooks in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Linguistics, 3, 35-68
Freahat, N., M. (2014). A comparison of reading levels of high school and freshmen university understudies in Jordan. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 4, 2042-2050.
Hakim et al. (2021). Examining the Readability Level of Reading Texts in English Textbook for Indonesian Senior High School. Journal of English Language Studies, Vol 6 (1), 18-35
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Husna. (2016). The correlation among readability level of texts, reading habit, and reading achievement of the eight grade understudies of MTs Al-Qur‘an Harsallakum Bengkulu. Journal of English Literacy Education, 3, 50-60
Hutchinson, T and Waters, A. (1987). English for Specific Purposes: A Learning – Centered Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
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McNeil, John D. (1982). Reading Comprehension. USA: Scott, Foresman and Company
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Maryansyah, Yupika. (2016). An Analysis of Readability of English Reading Texts for Grade IX Understudies at MTSN 2 Kota Bengkulu. Premise Journal, Vol 5 (1)
Sholihah, Indah Bilqis (2018) An analysis of readability level of reading texts in English Textbook entitled Bahasa Inggris for Senior High School Understudies Grade XII. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya
Spadaro, Daniel & Robinson, Lawrence & Smith, L. (1980). Assessing Readability of Patient Information Materials. American journal of hospital pharmacy. 37. 215-21. 10.1093/ajhp/37.2.215.
Srisunakrua, T & Chumworatayee, T. (2019). Readability of Reading Passages in English Textbooks and the Thai National English Test: A Comparative Study. Arab World English Journal, Vol 10 (2), 257-269
Yulianto, Y. (2019). An analysis on readability of English reading texts with automated computer tool. J-SHMIC: Journal of English for Academic, 6(1), 81-91
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