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A Span-Extraction Dataset for Chinese Machine Reading Comprehension
, 2019 Machine Reading Comprehension (MRC) has become enormously popular recently and has attracted a lot of attention. However, the existing reading comprehension datasets are mostly in English. In this paper, we introduce a Span-Extraction dataset for Chinese
Che, Wanxiang +7 more
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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 528-564, June 2026.Abstract This study examined second language vocabulary processing and learning in reading only (RO) versus reading while listening (RWL). 119 English learners read or read‐while‐listening to a story embedded with 25 pseudowords, 10 times each, and had their eye movements tracked.
Jonathan Malone +3 more
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Gated-Attention Readers for Text Comprehension
, 2017 In this paper we study the problem of answering cloze-style questions over documents. Our model, the Gated-Attention (GA) Reader, integrates a multi-hop architecture with a novel attention mechanism, which is based on multiplicative interactions between ...
Cohen, William W. +4 more
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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 671-703, June 2026.Abstract Studies have explored the relationship between text readability and processing effort in second language (L2) reading—as evidenced by eye movements. However, these studies generally relied on short texts, raising concerns about the validity of the analyzed data. This study reexamined these relationships using open‐source eye‐tracking data from
Shingo Nahatame, Kazuhiro Yamaguchi
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Word Predictability in Portuguese
Cadernos de LinguísticaWith the rise of large language models (LLM), there has been deemed a possible alternative to human participants in many scientific domains, including linguistic studies, the cloze study.
Jane Aristia
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Journal of Research in Reading, Volume 49, Issue 2, May 2026.ABSTRACT Background This study explored the differential effects of a comprehensive intervention program for improving literacy skills in monolingual children with learning difficulties (LD) from Spain, enrolled in the second (Grades 3 and 4; aged 8–10 years) and third cycles (Grades 5 and 6; aged 10–12 years) of primary school.
María Carmona +3 more
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Cloze validation against IELTS Reading Paper: Doubts on correlational validation [PDF]
Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2010 Cloze was officially introduced in a journal on Journalism as a technique for estimating text readability and as "a new psychological tool for measuring the effectiveness of communication" (Taylor, 1953: 415). Different varieties of cloze have since been
Karim Sadeghi
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Factual open cloze question generation for assessment of learner’s knowledge
International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2017 Factual objective type questions are effectively used in active learning, information and communication technology based education and intelligent tutoring system for the assessment of learner’s content knowledge.
Bidyut Das, Mukta Majumder
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Scope as a Source for Non‐Incremental Effects?
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 3, May/June 2026.ABSTRACT Incrementality is one of the hallmarks of realtime language comprehension. It contrasts sharply with another feature of language comprehension, the high degree of context dependence exhibited by many expressions calling for global adaptations to the larger discourse context.
Fabian Schlotterbeck, Oliver Bott
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From corpus-based collocation frequencies to readability measure [PDF]
, 2006 This paper provides a broad overview of three separate but related areas of research. Firstly, corpus linguistics is a growing discipline that applies analytical results from large language corpora to a wide variety of problems in linguistics and related
Anagnostou, N.K., Weir, G.R.S.
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