Investigation of the readability level of Authored Fiction Books, Selected by Children's Book Council of Iran

Vaezi, Malek Rezvan; Kokabi, Morteza; Ebrahimi, Mokhtar

Investigation of the readability level of Authored Fiction Books, Selected by Children's Book Council of Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Malek Rezvan Vaezi ¹

Morteza Kokabi ²

Mokhtar Ebrahimi ³

¹ M.A. of KIS, Chamran University of Ahvaz

² Professor, Information Science and Epistemology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Dept. of Persian Language and Litrature, Chamran University of Ahvaz

Abstract

Purpose: This research aimed at the investigation of the readability level of 100 prominent authored fiction books for B, C, and D age groups, selected by Children's Book Council of Iran as an official institute for labeling and assigning level of children’s books in Iran.
Methodology: Evaluative research method was used for the implementation of this research. Research population consisted of 100 authored books, selected as “prominent” by the Council. Flesch/Dayani and Gunning/Dayani formulas were used as evaluative tools.
Findings: Results indicated that on the basis of scores extracted from Flesch/Dayani formula, 54/76 percent of the books correctly labeled by the Council as B, C and D. Again, Results showed that on the basis of Gunning/Dayani formula, 45/24 percent of the books correctly labeled by Council as B, C and D and 44/76 percent of the books have not been labeled correctly.
Originality/Value: We tried in this research to evaluate the act of labeling books, implemented by “Children’s Book Council” and the result of such an evaluation was some corrections in the formulas.

Keywords

Readability Level

Flesch/Dayani Formula

Gunning/Dayani Formula

Children's Book Council