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Vanderschantz, Nicholas; Daly, Nicola – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2023
Presentation of text in picturebooks is an under-investigated field that requires consideration in order to support readers and those selecting books for readers. A unique form of picturebook is the bilingual picturebook which presents a story in two languages. The complexities of language readability and legibility are increased in these books,…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Bilingualism, Layout (Publications), Second Languages
Elley, Warwick B. – 1975
A simple, new method for determing the readability level of prose passages in reading material for children is described and discussed. The method, which assigns a value to each noun in selected passages on the basis of its frequency level on standard word-frequency charts, correlated highly in a number of studies with independent estimates of the…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Nouns
Elley, Warwick B.; Croft, Cedric – 1989
This booklet describes and discusses a method for determining the readability level of prose passages in reading materials for children. The method discussed in the booklet assigns a value to each noun in selected passages on the basis of its frequency level on standard word-frequency charts, correlated in a number of studies with independent…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Nouns, Prose