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The Reading Level of the Biology and Linguistics Abstracts
Eva Tuckyta Sari Sujatna
Universitas Padjadjaran, International Journal of Humanities and Applied Sciences (IJHAS) Vol. 5, No. 2, 2016 ISSN 2277 – 4386
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Universitas Padjadjaran, International Journal of Humanities and Applied Sciences (IJHAS) Vol. 5, No. 2, 2016 ISSN 2277 – 4386
Biology abstract, Linguistics abstracts., Reading Level
Abstract—Fog Index is a readability test in the text which is introduced by Robert Gunning in 1952. This test is used to measure the difficultness of texts. This current research as a preliminary study tried to figure out the Fog Index of the Biology and Linguistics abstract which obtained from journal abstract indexed by Proquest. This research applied the qualitative research method. The data obtained are taken randomly and being described descriptively. The Fog Index is influenced by the two main elements. The first thing is the average of the total number of words in every sentence and the second thing is the hard word (three syllable or more). The result shows that the average of the total number of words in every sentence in the abstracts in Biology field is 22.10 while in the abstracts in Linguistics field is 29.37. The average of the hard word in Biology field 17.18 while in the Linguistics field is 15.28. Finally, the average of the Fog Index of the abstract in Biology field is 15.71 while in Linguistics field is 17.86. From the data mentioned, it is concluded that the abstracts in Linguistics field is more difficult to be understood than the Biology abstracts is.