I thought this tool was quite interesting and may be of use for students
worried about the complexity of their work...
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Subject: Readability
Date: 09 May 2009 02:05:51 +0100
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Message from Alan Tuckett, Director, NIACE
Dear Colleagues
Did you know that a "typical" editorial in The Sun has a (SMOG)
readability level of under 14, The Daily Express is under 16 but The
Telegraph and The Guardian both score over 17?
How can you be confident that you are writing at a level that is
appropriate for your audience? We have been working with Professor
Colin Harrison at Nottingham University to develop a new tool, which is
now on the NIACE website that will help you to establish the
"readability level" of any text instantly. There is also a downloadable
leaflet which will help you to interpret the readability score given,
and provide more information about how to present text so that it is
easier to read.
You can find both the readability calculator and the leaflet here:
Readability | NIACE
<http://www.niace.org.uk/development-research/readability>
To celebrate ALW we thought you might like to test a small piece of your
writing'
Please also flag it up to colleagues and organisations in your networks.
We are hoping that it will bring users to our website.
Yours sincerely
Alan
/Sent by Alan Tuckett/
/Director/
/NIACE /
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University of Bradford
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