July 5, 2023

Assessment: Reaction Papers

Washington, Maynila

Legibility and Readability

Legibility is a necessary prerequisite to readability; by affecting legibility, these factors

also affect the readability of any type. A typeface rendered at a very small size will not
be legible or readable. Increasing the font size will eventually make it legible, but it may
not make it readable.

To explore the difference between legibility and readability of reading material, it is

important to understand that legibility is a component of readability.

Legibility is an informal measure of how easy it is to distinguish one letter from another
in a particular typeface.

Readability is about the reader – the ease with which a reader can successfully decipher,
process, and make meaning of the text read. Typographical features of the text are
critical; letter shape, size, and spacing all meaningfully impact fluency and
comprehension. The choice of typeface, characteristics of the type, and page layout can
create a better (or worse) reading experience. Better readability is the gateway to
enhanced learning and greater productivity.

Readability determines how easy or difficult it is to understand a piece of text. Different

elements of your writing can contribute to readability, like word choice. Choosing a
word that’s unfamiliar or complex when a simpler word serves the same purpose can
lead to poor readability—for example, writing “perturbed” instead of “worried”.

Misplacement or Non-placement of Punctuations

Punctuations (separate lesson: see 2023 06 07 COACHING Punctuations)

Proper Spelling

Communication: good spelling facilitates communication. By following the same rules for
spelling words, we can all understand the text we read.
Comprehension: good spelling avoids confusion. In a way spelling is a bit like sports. It’s
up to the person passing the ball to make sure the receiver actually catches it. The same
goes for spelling. If you write with intent and proper spelling, the receiver of that text
will understand it.

Distraction: poor spelling distracts the reader and they lose focus. It’s hard to read a text
for comprehension when it’s full of spelling errors.

Impressions last: when you have people read something you’ve written and that text is
full of spelling errors, it does not leave a good impression. We should care about the
fundamental part good spelling plays in our language.

Examples:

Ipinapangako ko po na lagi kong pagtatalagahan ang mga pag-aaral at patuloy po akong mag
papakadalubhasa sa pangangaral ng salita ng Diyos. para po kung loobin po sa taong ito ako po
ay madestino ay maipakita ko po sa mga taong isusugo ng Diyos sa akin para makinig ng
Kaniyang salita buong linaw at maayos nilang maunawaan ang mga ituturo po sakanila

Itinuro po ng Namamahala na ang ating mundo ay humaharap sa hindi pangkaraniwang na

pangyayari sa kasalukuyan. Dahil kabi-kabila ang mga kalamidad, Sakuna, Digmaan na
nagdudulot ng Takot at pangamba sa mga tao,

Binigyang diin ng namamahala na kinakailangan nating mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo na

maninindigan sa ating kahalalan anoman ang ating makasagupa. Sapagkat ang makapananatili
ay siyang maliligtas sa Araw ng paghuhukom na totoong malapit na.

Isang mapalad na pagkakataon ang naranasan ng Lokal ng Washington, Distrito ng Maynila sa

kanilang Milestone Anniversary. Sapagkat ito po ay pinangunahan ng ating Tagapamahalang
Pangkalahatan ang kapatid na Eduardo V. Manalo noong Hunyo 9, 2023.

Cleanliness

Impressions last: when you have people read something you’ve written and that text is
full of dirt such as erasures and stains, it does not leave a good impression.

Use of All-caps
Studies have been conducted on the readability and legibility of all caps text. Scientific
testing from the 20th century onward has generally indicated that all caps text is less
legible and readable than lower-case text.

Messages typed completely in capital letters are often equated on social

media to shouting and other impolite or argumentative behaviors. This became a
mainstream interpretation with the advent of networked computers, from the 1980s
onward. However, a similar interpretation was already evidenced by written sources
that predated the computing era, in some cases by at least a century, and the textual
display of shouting or emphasis was still not a settled matter by 1984.

Example:

PANGHAWAKANG MAHIGPIT ANG KAHALALANG NAKAMIT

Too short

Parts of a Reaction Paper:

 Introduction
 Paragraph of the Summary of the Lesson taught by the Executive Minister
 Paragraph or two of the Student’s reaction on the Words of God he received
 Paragraph to conclude

Example:
Ako po ay patuloy na tutupad anoman ang mangyari. Sa kabila ng mga pagsubok na
pinagdaraanan.

Capitalization

Capitalization (separate lesson: see 2023 06 21 COACHING Capitalization)

Examples:

…paggunita sa 29 Lokal nyc nagdiriwang…