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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
Fog Index is a readability test in the text which is introduced by Robert Gunning in 1952. This test is used to measurethe difficultness of texts. This current research as a preliminary studytried 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. TheFog Index is influenced by the two main elements. The first thing is the average of the total number of words in every sentence and thesecond thing is the hard word (three syllable or more). The resultshows that the average of the total number of words in every sentencein the abstracts in Biology field is 22.10 while in the abstracts inLinguistics field is 29.37. The average of the hard word in Biologyfield 17.18 while in the Linguistics field is 15.28. Finally, the averageof the Fog Index of the abstract in Biology field is 15.71 while inLinguistics field is 17.86. From the data mentioned, it is concludedthat the abstracts in Linguistics field is more difficult to beunderstood than the Biology abstracts is.