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Direct linkBotarleanu, Robert-Mihai; Dascalu, Mihai; Crossley, Scott Andrew; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2020
A key writing skill is the capability to clearly convey desired meaning using available linguistic knowledge. Consequently, writers must select from a large array of idioms, vocabulary terms that are semantically equivalent, and discourse features that simultaneously reflect content and allow readers to grasp meaning. In many cases, a simplified…
Descriptors: Natural Language Processing, Writing Skills, Difficulty Level, Reading Comprehension
Dascalu, Mihai; Jacovina, Matthew E.; Soto, Christian M.; Allen, Laura K.; Dai, Jianmin; Guerrero, Tricia A.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2017
iSTART is a web-based reading comprehension tutor. A recent translation of iSTART from English to Spanish has made the system available to a new audience. In this paper, we outline several challenges that arose during the development process, specifically focusing on the algorithms that drive the feedback. Several iSTART activities encourage…
Descriptors: Spanish, Reading Comprehension, Natural Language Processing, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Yu, Xiaoli – International Journal of Language Testing, 2021
This study examined the development of text complexity for the past 25 years of reading comprehension passages in the National Matriculation English Test (NMET) in China. Text complexity of 206 reading passages at lexical, syntactic, and discourse levels has been measured longitudinally and compared across the years. The natural language…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Difficulty Level, Natural Language Processing
Pilán, Ildikó; Volodina, Elena; Johansson, Richard – Research-publishing.net, 2013
In our study we investigated second and foreign language (L2) sentence readability, an area little explored so far in the case of several languages, including Swedish. The outcome of our research consists of two methods for sentence selection from native language corpora based on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML)…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Sentences, Readability, Swedish
Bruton, Anthony; Lopez, Miguel Garcia; Mesa, Raquel Esquiliche – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2011
References to the term "incidental vocabulary learning" have become very commonplace not only in second language (L2) acquisition research, but also in empirical research into second and foreign language pedagogy, very often in contrast to "intentional language learning". The former term is associated with more natural language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Incidental Learning, Natural Language Processing
A Prediction Model of Foreign Language Reading Proficiency Based on Reading Time and Text Complexity
Kotani, Katsunori; Yoshimi, Takehiko; Isahara, Hitoshi – Online Submission, 2010
In textbooks, foreign (second) language reading proficiency is often evaluated through comprehension questions. In case, authentic texts are used as reading material, such questions should be prepared by teachers. However, preparing appropriate questions may be a very demanding task for teachers. This paper introduces a method for automatically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Materials, Predictive Measurement
