介绍一种测定英语教材难度的科学方法  

An Objective Measure for Estimating Readability of English Texts

作　　者：乐眉云 

出　　处：《外语教学与研究》1983年第4期47-49,共3页Foreign Language Teaching and Research

摘　　要：在编选英语教材时,我们是如何确定所选材料的难度的呢?一般都是根据自己的教学经验,凭自己的主观感觉作出判断。这种判断有没有客观依据呢?当然也有。譬如说,句子的复杂程度、生词和短语的数量、题材的生熟等等,都是我们判断教材难度的客观依据。但判断毕竟还是根据主观的经验和感觉作出的,因此,不能算作一种客观的科学方法。This paper recommends the use of Edward Fry's Graph for Estimating Readability, which has won pub-lic recognition and is widely applied in North America because of its objectivity and simplicity. Five stepsin applying the graph are described; statistics of its application to sample English textbooks at six levelsof readability are presented in tabular form, which shows that the graph is also applicable to English text-books for non-native speakers. Finally some limitations of the graph are discussed, especially as appliedto EFL textbooks.

关 键 词：句子 英语教材 音节 教材难度 生熟 许国璋 短语 客观依据 科学方法 判断 

分 类 号：H3[语言文字]