do something, therefore the announcement will be become an exposition. There are some features in an announcement:
- Introduction
- Message
- Conclusion
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Here short example of announcement text: Shoppers
On the fourth floor today we have a lovely selection of umbrellas. These umbrellas are the latest designs and come fashionable lime green, orange and
purple. Prices have been slashed by a whopping 30 percen t so don’t delay.
With winter just around the corner, come up to the fourth floor now and get yourself a bargain on a great umbrella
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D. The Relevant Previous Study
There are three studies found by the writer which have similarities to this study. 1.
An Analysis of the Readability of the Essays of First Year Students of Ghanaian Universities
This research was conducted by William Kodom Gyasi. The researcher’s purpose is to find out the readability of text of first year students
of Ghanaian Universities. In collecting the data, the samples were asked to make an essay. Then the texts were analyzed by using Flesch-Kincaid
Reading Ease in Microsoft Word 2007 version and SPSS 1.6. The statistical instruments used were One-way analysis ANOVA and t-test.The research
found that 55 of the essays got 30-49 and 36 of the essays got 60-69.
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Ibid, p. 141.
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Ibid.
From the result the researcher concluded that most of the students could create an essay on the fairly difficult level of readability.
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2. An Analysis of the Readability of Educational Material on the Consumer
Webpage of a Health Professional Organization: Considerations for Practice This research was conducted by Nadia Falconer and friends. In doing
the research the researcher used 14 educational brochures on the APTA. All brochures
’ readability level was checked by Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Flesch Reading Ease, Fry Readability Formula, SMOG, and Checklist for
patient and consumer. The result found that most of the brochures’ readability were still inappropriate for the consumer and need to be improved.
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3. Readability of Language Textbooks Prescribed for Junior Secondary Schools
and Students Performance in Reading Comprehension in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
The researcher of this research is Bertola Perekeme. The total population of this research was 1500 students and the sample was 620
students from ten secondary schools. In analyzing the data the researcher used Fry Readability Formula and Cloze-Reading Test. The result from the
research found that from both instruments that the readability level of the texts from the textbook was in the frustration level.
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Therefore, from the three previous studies the writer found that in order to find out the readability level most of the writers above were using
Flesch’s Reading Ease
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William Kodom Gyasi., An Analysis of the Readability of the Essays of First Year Students of Ghanaian Universities. Journal Language in India Volume 11 : 8 August 2011.
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Nadia Falconer, et al., An Analysis of the Readability of Educational Material on the Consumer Webpage of a Health Professional Organization: Considerations for Practice. Journal
IJAHSP Vol. 9 No. 3 ISSN 1540-580X.
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Bertola Perekeme., Readability of Language Textbooks Prescribed for Junior Secondary Schools and Students Performance in Reading Comprehension in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. British
Journal of Arts and Social Sciences Vol. 9 No. 1.
