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Rudolf Flesch

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American author (1911-1986)

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Rudolf Franz Flesch was an Austrian-born naturalized American author, and also a readability expert and writing consultant who was a vigorous proponent of plain English in the United States. He created the Flesch Reading Ease test and was co-creator of the Flesch-Kincaid readability tests.

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Rudolf Franz Flesch was an Austrian-born naturalized American author, and also a readability expert and writing consultant who was a vigorous proponent of plain English in the United States. He created the Flesch Reading Ease test and was co-creator of the Flesch-Kincaid readability tests. Flesch advocated use of phonics rather than sight reading to enable students to sound-out unfamiliar words.

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United States
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Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1911 to 1986 · aged 75
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