ENGLISH FOR MARINERS COURSEBOOK: HOW DOES READABILITY FORMULA RATE THE READABILITY LEVEL OF TEXTS?
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چکیده
Readability level of marine texts do influences cadets’ ability in comprehending Maritime English reading materials. This research investigates the readability for Mariners, an coursebook published by Language Competence Certification Tools Vocations (LCCTV) used first-year cadets at West Sumatera Merchant Marine Polytechnic. To this end, 10 selected from units were analysed. The Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease was utilized as formula to assess texts. findings revealed that 10% text categorized extremely difficult, 30% fairly average, easy, and easy read. Thus, mariners is readable even though few are too comprehend.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Esteem
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2622-2213', '2622-9323']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31851/esteem.v5i1.7303