Abstract:

There is a big difference between our country and the West in terms of the children’s reading level research. Apart from the short research history, the complexity of the Chinese language, too subjective research method and the lack of diversity in research staff all attribute to the bottleneck of research on children’s reading level. We need to bear in mind the characteristics of Chinese language, enhance the localization of reading level research, learn from the Western experience of objective and quantitative studies, draw more attention from the government, and attract talents from all walks of life, in the hope of advancing scientific research on children’s reading levels.

Key words: Children’s reading, Reading level, Comparative study