Spanish, French and English Reading Charts
By Mark A. Bullimore
- Release Date: 2017-01-26
- Genre: Medicine
Description
This book contains 14 chapters with text intended for the assessment of reading speed in English, Spanish or French.
All pages have twenty words per print size: four each of 4-letter, 5-letter, 6-letter, 7-letter and 8-letter words.
The English words are selected from a list of the 5000 most common words in American English according to www.wordfrequency.info.
The Spanish words are selected from the 4000 most common Spanish words and expressions according to www.learningspanish-spain.com.
The French words are selected from a list of the 5000 most common French words according to wikipedia.
Unlike printed tests, these charts require no external lighting and display on the ubiquitous iPad without need for special software or calibration. The test utilizes the high quality iPad screen to produce print as small as 2 point—smaller than a patient can read at a typical reading distance.
The letter sizes are given in both point size and M units and calibrated for the full size iPad.
The first page contains 4 M print (32 point). This can be used for training or to establish maximum reading speed.
Subsequent page contain the following print sizes:
2 M (16 point)
1.6 M (12.5 point)
1.25 M (10 point)
1 M (8 point)