Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte - Onderzoeksportaal

Can you read me? Investigating textbook reading materials and the coverage–comprehension relationship in the English and French foreign language classroom

Begin - Einde 
2022 - 2026 (lopend)
Type 
PhD research
Vakgroep(en) 
Vakgroep Taalkunde
Onderzoeksgroep(en) 
LT3 - Language and Translation Technology Team
MULTIPLES - Research Centre for Multilingual Practices and Language Learning in Society
Onderzoeksgebied 
Didactics
Language technology
Linguistics
Onderzoeksmethode 
Language and text analysis
Quantitative
Trefwoorden 
Second language acquisition
Education
Reading
Natural language processing
language learning
Language acquisition

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Abstract

This project aims to determine the text characteristics of reading materials used in the Flemish EFL and FFL classroom, as well as the influence of these text characteristics on learners' text comprehension. The investigation combines NLP-driven and behavioural methods.

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