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Download full textDilenschneider, Robert; Horness, Paul – rEFLections, 2023
This study examined 283 online learner dictionary definitions in terms of scores based on word frequency level and readability. Results revealed three findings. First, in terms of word frequency levels, definitions from the Cambridge learner dictionary incorporated fewer non-high frequency words (mid and low frequency words) compared to Oxford,…
Descriptors: Word Frequency, Computational Linguistics, Dictionaries, Definitions
Janan, Dahlia; Wray, David – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of the study is to review readability formulae and offer a critique, based on a comparison of the grading of a variety of texts given by six well-known formulae. Methodology: A total of 64 texts in English were selected either by or for native English speaking children aged between six and 11 years. Each text was assessed…
Descriptors: Readability Formulas, Readability, Accuracy, Word Frequency
Peer reviewedValdes, Guadalupe; And Others – NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1984
Discusses how current procedures for selecting/constructing equivalent texts may lead to error because of their specific limitations; proposes the utilization of micro-propositional analysis coupled with word-frequency lists and readability formulas for constructing "matching" texts; presents some procedures which researchers working in…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Difficulty Level, English, Multilingual Materials
