Readability of professional and administrative texts in Czech - why to study it and how to measure it?

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11210/21:10438167

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

čeština

Original language name

Srozumitelnost českého odborného a úředního textu - proč se jí zabývat a jak ji měřit

Original language description

Text comprehension is one of the key skills that are learned during the school years. On the one hand, reading literacy is fundamental for successful comprehension, on the other hand, comprehension success is determined by textual features, i.e. its readability. Text readability thus presents an important issue - from both the reception (people may not be able to comprehend a text fully due to its low readability) and production perspective (people may not be able to produce a well readable text). The current study presents an experimental method for measuring readability of Czech texts of various genres based on the triangulation of (1) the rate of correct answers on comprehension questions, (2) intra-textual features, and (3) subjective assessment of text readability. The method is discussed in depth and individual steps are illustrated on an example of a research in progress under the project Linguistic Factors of Readability in Czech Administrative and Educational Texts.

Czech name

Srozumitelnost českého odborného a úředního textu - proč se jí zabývat a jak ji měřit

Czech description

Text comprehension is one of the key skills that are learned during the school years. On the one hand, reading literacy is fundamental for successful comprehension, on the other hand, comprehension success is determined by textual features, i.e. its readability. Text readability thus presents an important issue - from both the reception (people may not be able to comprehend a text fully due to its low readability) and production perspective (people may not be able to produce a well readable text). The current study presents an experimental method for measuring readability of Czech texts of various genres based on the triangulation of (1) the rate of correct answers on comprehension questions, (2) intra-textual features, and (3) subjective assessment of text readability. The method is discussed in depth and individual steps are illustrated on an example of a research in progress under the project Linguistic Factors of Readability in Czech Administrative and Educational Texts.

Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60203 - Linguistics

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA19-19191S" target="_blank" >GA19-19191S: Linguistic Factors of Readability in Czech Administrative and Educational Texts</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Studie z aplikované lingvistiky / Studies in Applied Linguistics

ISSN

1804-3240

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

35-52

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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