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Implementation science in plain language: The use of nonjargon terms to facilitate collaboration
Implementation Research and Practice, 2023 Background Interdisciplinary collaboration and stakeholder engagement are key ingredients in implementation science research. However, effective and efficient collaboration can be limited by the complexity of implementation science terms. In this article,
Shannon Dorsey +5 more
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Plain Language and Organizational Challenges [PDF]
SAGE Open, 2014 Changing the language in an organization is a major organizational change. In this article, I discuss some of the organizational challenges for one specific language change implementation, taking the stance that language change must be treated as any ...
Karsten Pedersen
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Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2016 ObjectiveThis plain language summary serves as an overview in explaining otitis media with effusion (pronounced Oh‐TIE‐tis ME‐dee‐uh with Ef‐YOO‐zhun), abbreviated “OME” and often called “ear fluid.” The summary applies to children aged 2 months through 12 years with OME and is based on the 2015 “Clinical Practice Guideline: Otitis Media with Effusion (
, Jj Shin
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Plain Language or Anything But?
Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research, 2022 This paper focuses on what language needs to be used in emergencies by air traffic controllers based on an investigation of plain language definitions and descriptions in International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) publications and in the beliefs of
Jennifer F Drayton, Averil Coxhead
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EFSA Journal, 2023 This publication is linked to the following EFSA Journal article: https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8215.
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Why Plain Language? Linguistic Accessibility in Inclusive Higher Education
Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education, 2021 Plain language writing is clear, succinct, and jargon-free, and is organized in a way that facilitates understanding. It is a reader-centered way of writing, with the end goal of readers being able to access, comprehend, and utilize information.
Beth Myers, Teukie Martin
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Proceedings of the Conference Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing - Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing Methods and Applications, 2021 Many organizations seek or need to produce documents that are written plainly. In the United States, the “Plain Writing Act of 2010” requires that many federal agencies’ documents for the public are written in plain English. In particular, the government’s Plain Language Action and Information Network (“PLAIN”) recommends that writers use short ...
Allen Riddell, Yohei Igarashi
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Unpacking the Right to plain and understandable Language in the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 [PDF]
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2013 The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 came into effect on 1 April 2011. The purpose of this Act is, among other things, to promote fairness, openness and respectable business practice between the suppliers of goods or services and the consumers of such ...
Philip N Stoop, Chrizell Chürr
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Pratiques de rédaction claire de rédacteurs fonctionnels en Belgique francophone
Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 2022 Dans les administrations belges francophones, on retrouve surtout des rédacteurs fonctionnels, c’est-à-dire des rédacteurs n’ayant pas suivi de formation en rédaction professionnelle, et qui réalisent des tâches de rédaction de façon occasionnelle.
Adeline Müller, Thomas François
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Clear, easy, plain, and simple as keywords for text simplification
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2022 In this paper, we distinguish between four interconnected notions that recur in the literature on text simplification: clarity, easiness, plainness, and simplicity.
Sara Vecchiato
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