calculation of the syllables in text 3, there are 140 syllables after the analysis. The result of the number of the sentences and the syllables then is placed on
the graph to analyze. Based on the graph, the meeting point of the number of the sentences and the syllables falls in the area grade level 7. This means that
text 3 has the readability level of grade level 7 see Appendix C.
3 Based on Cloze Readability Test
In text 3, there are 208 words and the genre is narrative. There are nine items in the test so the highest possible score is 9 and the lowest is 0.
Then the ideal mean is 5.4 and the ideal SD is 1.35. The descriptive analysis of the result of the cloze test from Text 3 is presented in the following table.
Table 9. The descriptive analysis of the cloze test from Text 3 Mean SD
Median Mode The highest score
The lowest score
Range Items 5.39
2.02 5 4
9 1
8 9
Based on the result of the analysis on the table above, it was found that the mean score of Text 1 is 5.39 and the SD is 2.02. Then the most
frequent score or mode is 4 and the median is 5. From the table above, the highest score is 9 and the lowest score is 1. Then the percentage of mean
score of cloze readability test for text 3 can be formulated as below. CRs3 = Mk x 100
M = mean from the test = 5.399 x 100
k = number of items = 59.89
The mean score from the calculation is 59.89. According to Dub ay‘s
table, the percentage of mean score of the students on the cloze readabilty test above is between 50 and 60. It means that text 3 can be categorized at
independent level for students. It can be concluded that the text is easy and can be read and comprehend by the students independently without any
assistance.
d. Summary
1 Based on FOG Index FI
The results of the readability level analysis by FI from the three texts show different grade levels. From the analysis, text 1 shows grade level 7,
text 2 shows grade level 6, and text 3 shows grade level 7. Then the average level of those three texts is 7. Table 10 below shows the overall grade level of
the three texts and the mean grade level of those texts according to FI.
Table 10. The Summary of Grade Levels of the Three Texts Based on Fog Index Gunning Fog
Sentences Words Average Sentence
Length ASL
Hard words
Percent Hard
Words PHW
Calculation Result
Grade Level
Text 1 10
142 14.2
4 2.82
6.8 7
Text 2 18
212 11.78
8 3.28
6.23 6
Text 3 15
208 13.87
7 3.4
6.9 7
Total 43
562 39.85
19 9.5
Average 14.33 187.33 13.28
6.33 3.17
