Corpus-based readability formula for Arabic texts: a prototype
This research aims to produce a readability formula for Arabic texts. There are already a few formulae used for measuring the readability level of English texts. Among them are Flesch, Gunning Fox and Dale-Chall formulae. Flesch Reading Ease scale is based on sentence length and the number of s...
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iium-309832013-08-04T18:38:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30983/ Corpus-based readability formula for Arabic texts: a prototype Mat Daud, Nuraihan Hassan, Haslina Abdul Aziz, Normaziah H61.8 Communication of information PJ6001 Arabic This research aims to produce a readability formula for Arabic texts. There are already a few formulae used for measuring the readability level of English texts. Among them are Flesch, Gunning Fox and Dale-Chall formulae. Flesch Reading Ease scale is based on sentence length and the number of syllables per hundred words, Gunning Fox Index counts sentence length and percentage of multi-syllabic words and Dale-Chall formula counts sentence length and whether a word appears on a list of acceptable words. However, Arabic has its own language rules. Hence there is a need to develop a readability formula for Arabic. This will greatly assist in the production of texts for comprehension and for testing. A study on readability is therefore crucial in the development of Arabic reading and testing materials and also in language teaching and learning. This paper will present a prototype of a readability formula which is based on word frequency for calculating the level of Arabic texts difficulty. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30983/1/Table_of_Content.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30983/2/113.pdf Mat Daud, Nuraihan and Hassan, Haslina and Abdul Aziz, Normaziah (2013) Corpus-based readability formula for Arabic texts: a prototype. In: The 4th International Conference on Information & Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M), 25-27 Mar 2013, Rabat, Moroco. http://ict4m.org/ |
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H61.8 Communication of information PJ6001 Arabic Mat Daud, Nuraihan Hassan, Haslina Abdul Aziz, Normaziah Corpus-based readability formula for Arabic texts: a prototype |
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This research aims to produce a readability
formula for Arabic texts. There are already a few formulae
used for measuring the readability level of English texts.
Among them are Flesch, Gunning Fox and Dale-Chall
formulae. Flesch Reading Ease scale is based on sentence
length and the number of syllables per hundred words,
Gunning Fox Index counts sentence length and percentage of
multi-syllabic words and Dale-Chall formula counts sentence
length and whether a word appears on a list of acceptable
words. However, Arabic has its own language rules. Hence
there is a need to develop a readability formula for Arabic.
This will greatly assist in the production of texts for
comprehension and for testing. A study on readability is
therefore crucial in the development of Arabic reading and
testing materials and also in language teaching and learning.
This paper will present a prototype of a readability formula
which is based on word frequency for calculating the level of
Arabic texts difficulty. |
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Conference or Workshop Item |
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Mat Daud, Nuraihan Hassan, Haslina Abdul Aziz, Normaziah |
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Mat Daud, Nuraihan Hassan, Haslina Abdul Aziz, Normaziah |
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Corpus-based readability formula for Arabic texts: a prototype |
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Corpus-based readability formula for Arabic texts: a prototype |
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Corpus-based readability formula for Arabic texts: a prototype |
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Corpus-based readability formula for Arabic texts: a prototype |
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Corpus-based readability formula for Arabic texts: a prototype |
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corpus-based readability formula for arabic texts: a prototype |
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