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Predicting lexical complexity in English texts: the Complex 2.0 dataset

Language Resources and Evaluation, 2022
AbstractIdentifying words which may cause difficulty for a reader is an essential step in most lexical text simplification systems prior to lexical substitution and can also be used for assessing the readability of a text. This task is commonly referred to as complex word identification (CWI) and is often modelled as a supervised classification problem.
Matthew Shardlow, Richard Evans, Marcos Zampieri   +2 more
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Fluency and complexity as coupled growers in speaking English at secondary school – A case study of a good, average, and poor language learner

LingBaW, 2020
One of the main assumptions of Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) is that internally complex language subsystems develop non-linearly while entering different kinds of supportive, competitive, conditional, or dual relationships which are ...
Katarzyna Joanna Rokoszewska
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A Corpus-based Analysis of High School English Textbooks and English University Entrance Exams in Turkey

Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This study aims to explore the missing link between English textbooks used in high schools (9th-12th grades) and English university entrance exams (2010-2019) in Turkey on lexical and syntactic complexity levels by using corpus linguistics tools ...
Tan Arda Gedik, Yağmur Su Kolsal
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Opening Pandora’s Box: How Does Peer Assessment Affect EFL Students’ Writing Quality?

Languages, 2021
Recent research has underlined the benefits of peer assessment (PA) as it helps learners write high-quality essays and increases their confidence as writers. In terms of this intervention study, 200 Greek Cypriot EFL learners’ essays (pre- and post-tests)
Eleni Meletiadou
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Lexical complexity and fixation times in reading: Effects of word frequency, verb complexity, and lexical ambiguity [PDF]

Memory & Cognition, 1986
Two experiments investigated whether lexical complexity increases a word’s processing time. Subjects read sentences, each containing a target word, while their eye movements were monitored. In experiment 1, mean fixation time on infrequent words was longer than on their more frequent controls, as was the first fixation after the Infrequent Target ...
K, Rayner, S A, Duffy
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Eesti keele A2–C1-taseme kirjalike tekstide võrdlev automaatanalüüs

Lähivõrdlusi, 2021
Tänaseni puudub ülevaade eesti keele kui sihtkeele õppijate tekstiloomest eri keeleoskustasemetel, mis põhineks tekstide automaatanalüüsi andmete statistilisel töötlusel. Eesmärk on kindlaks teha, millised arvuliselt mõõdetavad tunnused iseloomustavad A2–
Kais Allkivi-Metsoja
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Lexicality and frequency in specific language impairment: accuracy and error data from two nonword repetition tests [PDF]

, 2010
Purpose: Deficits in phonological working memory and deficits in phonological processing have both been considered potential explanatory factors in Specific Language Impairment (SLI).
Baddeley A. D., Bishop D. V. M., Bowey J. A., Bowey J. A., Bowey J. A., Briscoe J., Brown G. D. A., Chiat S., Coady J. A., Conti-Ramsden G., Dodd B., Dollaghan C. A., Dunn L. M., Fernand Gobet, Frisch S. A., Gallon N., Gary Jones, Gathercole S. E., Gathercole S. E., Gathercole S. E., Gupta P., Jones G., Jones G., Julian M. Pine, Jusczyk P. W., Leonard L. B., Marco Tamburelli, Masterson J., Montgomery J., Pitt M. A., Roodenrys S., Sarah E. Watson, Thorn A. S. C., Thorn A. S. C., Vitevitch M. S., Vitevitch M. S., Wechsler D., Wiig E. H.   +37 more
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Examining Scientific Writing Styles from the Perspective of Linguistic Complexity

, 2018
Publishing articles in high-impact English journals is difficult for scholars around the world, especially for non-native English-speaking scholars (NNESs), most of whom struggle with proficiency in English. In order to uncover the differences in English
Bu, Yi, Ding, Ying, Lu, Chao, Schnaars, Matthew, Torvik, Vetle, Wang, Jie, Zhang, Chengzhi   +6 more
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The role of individual and social variables in task performance. [PDF]

, 2000
This paper reports on a data-based study in which we explored - as part of a larger-scale British-Hungarian research project - the effects of a number of affective and social variables on foreign language (L2) learners’ engagement in oral argumentative ...
Bronfenbrenner, U., Bygate, M., Candlin, C. N., Cohen, E., Crookes, G., Crookes, G., Dörnyei, Z., Dörnyei, Z., Dörnyei, Z., Dörnyei, Z., Ehrman, M. E., Forsyth, D. R., Gardner, R. C., Judit Kormos, Julkunen, K., McCroskey, J. C., Plough, I., Schmuck, R. A., Skehan, P., Williams, M., Willis, J., Winne, P. H., Zimmerman, B. J., Zoltán Dörnyei   +23 more
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The effect of task complexity on the quality of EFL learners’ argumentative writing [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2013
Based on Robinson’s (2005) Cognition Hypothesis and Skehan and Foster’s (2001) Limited Attentional Capacity Model, the current study attempted to investigate the effect of manipulating task complexity on argumentative writing quality in terms of ...
Karim Sadeghi, Zahra Mosalli
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