Readabiltiy :
The reading ability of a person is nothing but a person’s rate of reading + his or her comprehension of the text given. The reading ability will be decided by number of factors.
Factors affecting readability
· Difficulty level of the text in terms of its linguistic aspect
· Difficulty level of the content involved
· Reader’s familiarity with the text
· Reader’s own linguistic abilities, comprehension and other cognitive abilities such as reasoning, applying , evaluating etc
· Prior knowledge –experiences of a reader
· Reader’s own emotional state of mind during reading
· Physical environment
· Reader’s reading habits
· Type and length of the material involved for reading
· Time given for reading
· Purpose for reading
Rate of reading-concept
· Reading at a rapid rate is of little value if one understands little of what has been read.
· Reading with a high degree of comprehension without caring much about the time spent in reading will be of very little sue.
· Thus both the sped of reading and simultaneously understanding the text are important.
· Bond & Tinker opine that a definition of rate of reading must be redefined as a rate of comprehension of printed & written material.
Reading rate/speed
· Number of words read within any given time period
Causes of slow reading rate
· Vocalization: vocalization is mouthing the word while reading or using the vocal muscles without making any sound. Vocalization is an unnecessary & deterimental habit and should be avoided. Words are read pronounced aloud as they are read.
· Sub vocalization: it is similar to vocalization. However there is no body movement. Lips tongue or vocal cords do not move, but inner type of speech persists within the students mind, he is saying each word to himself clearly pronouncing each word and then listening to himself. This could also be termed as mental speech. In realty this is the thinking process in operation.
· Supports or pointing at words: here the reader points to words in the text with a finger or a pencil or a ruler. It is used for supporting the mind to increase the concentration. However this slows down the reading speed as one’s hand or the ruler or finger cannot move as fast as mind is capable of. There is slow down of the reading speed through mechanical movement of pencil or ruler or finger etc.
Techniques of developing reading rate
· Giving lot of practice of reading different types of reading so as to create a wider knowledge base
· Developing comprehension strategies such as context clues, using dictionary, finding the key words/phrases/paragraphs, omitting descriptions and irrelevant information, encircling important details
· Developing skills to carry out different types of reading such as scanning, skimming
· Developing vocabulary
· Giving time bound reading exercises
· Providing purposeful reading
· Developing linguistic competence mainly in terms of grammar of the language
· Giving guided reading with questions given in advance
Factors affecting readability
· Difficulty level of the text in terms of its linguistic aspect
· Difficulty level of the content involved
· Reader’s familiarity with the text
· Reader’s own linguistic abilities, comprehension and other cognitive abilities such as reasoning, applying , evaluating etc
· Prior knowledge –experiences of a reader
· Reader’s own emotional state of mind during reading
· Physical environment
· Reader’s reading habits
· Type and length of the material involved for reading
· Time given for reading
· Purpose for reading
Rate of reading-concept
· Reading at a rapid rate is of little value if one understands little of what has been read.
· Reading with a high degree of comprehension without caring much about the time spent in reading will be of very little sue.
· Thus both the sped of reading and simultaneously understanding the text are important.
· Bond & Tinker opine that a definition of rate of reading must be redefined as a rate of comprehension of printed & written material.
Reading rate/speed
· Number of words read within any given time period
Causes of slow reading rate
· Vocalization: vocalization is mouthing the word while reading or using the vocal muscles without making any sound. Vocalization is an unnecessary & deterimental habit and should be avoided. Words are read pronounced aloud as they are read.
· Sub vocalization: it is similar to vocalization. However there is no body movement. Lips tongue or vocal cords do not move, but inner type of speech persists within the students mind, he is saying each word to himself clearly pronouncing each word and then listening to himself. This could also be termed as mental speech. In realty this is the thinking process in operation.
· Supports or pointing at words: here the reader points to words in the text with a finger or a pencil or a ruler. It is used for supporting the mind to increase the concentration. However this slows down the reading speed as one’s hand or the ruler or finger cannot move as fast as mind is capable of. There is slow down of the reading speed through mechanical movement of pencil or ruler or finger etc.
Techniques of developing reading rate
· Giving lot of practice of reading different types of reading so as to create a wider knowledge base
· Developing comprehension strategies such as context clues, using dictionary, finding the key words/phrases/paragraphs, omitting descriptions and irrelevant information, encircling important details
· Developing skills to carry out different types of reading such as scanning, skimming
· Developing vocabulary
· Giving time bound reading exercises
· Providing purposeful reading
· Developing linguistic competence mainly in terms of grammar of the language
· Giving guided reading with questions given in advance
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