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Rabin, Annette T. – 1987
The development of readability formulas for the evaluation of foreign language texts began with research in the United States on reading materials used in second language learning and has extended to many other countries first by adaptation of formulas intended for English language texts and then by original investigation. There exist now many…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Evaluation Problems, Language Research, Readability
Peer reviewedBamberger, Richard; Rabin, Annette T. – Reading Teacher, 1984
Describes recent Austrian research concerning readability formulas, especially the Swedish Lix formula. Describes a prototype for a system of evaluating the individual variables that contribute to the difficulty of student reading materials. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Readability, Readability Formulas
