Measure the Readability of the Persian text of the  Lets know More Section of the Quran book for the Grades two, three, and four of Elementary School Based on the Flash-Diani and Galing-Diani Formulas

The purpose of this study was to measure the readability of the Persian text of the ‘Lets know More’ section of the Quran book for the grades two, three, and four of elementary school based on the Flash-Diani and Galing-Diani formulas. The sample corpus included 66 book sections introduced by the Ministry of Education and the Educational Planning Organization. The corpus comprised 21 sections from the second grade, 19 sections from the third grade, and 26 sections from the fourth grade. In the second grade, there were 3 Quran sections, 1 poem, and 6 VCDs. In the third and fourth grades, there were 8 Quran sections for each. There were 13, 14, and 58 books for the second, third, and fourth grades respectively, making a total of 85 books. Eleven of the books were the same for all the three grades and were studied for all of them. The results obtained via the Flash-Diani formula showed 0-percent readability for the second grade, 0-percent readability for the third grade, and 8. 12-percent readability for the fourth grade. They also revealed100-percent non-readability for the second grade, 100-percent non-readability for the third grade, and91. 88-percent non-readability for the fourth grade. Moreover, based on the Galing-Diani formula, the results manifested 0-percent readability for the second grade, 0-percent readability for the third grade, and 1. 74-percent readability for the fourth grade. They also revealed100-percent non-readability for the second grade, 100-percent non-readability for the third grade, and98. 16-percent non-readability for the fourth grade. The reliability coefficient obtained was o. 64 at the significance level 0. 01.