A new study found that automatic text simplification made English text more comprehensible for second language learners beyond a certain level of reading proficiency. Credit: Dennis Murphy Odo from ...

The Department of English promotes the study of language and text within our ever evolving social and digital environments. Our students develop the skills they need to become lifelong proficient, ...

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As more states and districts are embracing the “science of reading,” some educators and advocates have raised the question: Will these methods work for English-language learners? The “science of ...

Suspicion and affection. Apprehension and excitement. Most people have mixed feelings about AI English, whether or not they always recognize it. When reading text generated by AI, people feel it ...

Read rich and challenging fifth grade-level texts closely, proficiently and independently. Example stories: "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll; "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson ...

For students learning a second or foreign language, text is often simplified to ensure that they can comprehend it well enough to understand the core message. Usually, complicated text in a foreign ...

Texts used in second language (L2) classrooms have traditionally been simplified manually. With recent technological advances, text can be simplified automatically through artificial ...