It's not just a phase: Investigating text simplification in a second language from a process and product perspective.

ABSTRACT: Text simplification involves making texts easier to understand, usually for lay readers. Simplifying texts is a complex task, especially when conducted in a second language. The readability of the produced texts and the way in which authors manage the different phases of the text simplification process are influenced by their writing expertise and by their language proficiency. Training on audience awareness can be beneficial for writers, but most research so far has devoted attention to first-language writers who simplify their own texts. Therefore, this study investigated the impact of text simplification training on second-language writers (university students) who simplify already existing texts. Specifically, after identifying a first and a second phase in the text simplification proc

SUBMITTER: Rossetti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9510649 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature