LM_NET 04/29/03: No Subject

[Mary Wolfe <mwalsh@PGCPS.ORG>]

I use a readability rater for my texts in English, but I was wondering what
the standard is for books in Spanish.  I can read Spanish well enough to
evaluate the series in question, but I don't know how to determine the
reading level.  It seems artificial to use the same scale as English
(especially the number of syllables), and I would like to be more specific
than give the reading level of English versions of the books.  If you DO use
the number of syllables, then do you use normal reading, where "este es"
would be blended to 2 syllables, or is this 3?

Thanks!

Mary Wolfe
(a.k.a. Mary Walsh)
Library Media Specialist
Northwestern High School
Prince George's County Public Schools
mwalsh@pgcps.org
301-985-1820 X2296

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