The Readability Analysis of English Reading Passages in the Teaching Document by Using Coh – Metrix
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readability analysis, English reading passages, teaching document, Coh- MetrixAbstract
This research aims to analyze the readability level and the linguistic characteristics of English reading passages in the teaching document by using Coh– Metrix containing five aspects of linguistic characteristics: narrativity, syntactic simplicity, word concreteness, referential cohesion, and deep cohesion. The instruments of the study are twenty English reading passages, which were compiled and adapted by the researcher, andCoh– Metrix program.The statistics used for data analysis are percentage (%), mean (), and standard deviation (SD).The findings from the study indicated that the readability of English reading passages in the teaching document is at amoderate level for readers. This readability of the reading passages is during high school level and college freshmen level.For the linguistic characteristics, word concreteness in the reading passages is high. As narrativity, syntactic simplicity, referential cohesion, and deep cohesion, they are at amoderate level. It isalso recommended that the passages for reading practice need to be suitably selected. The suitable reading passages will ensure that the readers obtain more benefit from the passages they read.
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