no code implementations • LREC 2020 • N{\'u}ria Gala, Ana{\"\i}s Tack, Ludivine Javourey-Drevet, Thomas Fran{\c{c}}ois, Johannes C. Ziegler
In this paper, we present a new parallel corpus addressed to researchers, teachers, and speech therapists interested in text simplification as a means of alleviating difficulties in children learning to read.
no code implementations • WS 2018 • Dirk De Hertog, Ana{\"\i}s Tack
We describe a system for the CWI-task that includes information on 5 aspects of the (complex) lexical item, namely distributional information of the item itself, morphological structure, psychological measures, corpus-counts and topical information.
no code implementations • WS 2018 • Ana{\"\i}s Tack, Thomas Fran{\c{c}}ois, Piet Desmet, C{\'e}drick Fairon
In this paper, we introduce NT2Lex, a novel lexical resource for Dutch as a foreign language (NT2) which includes frequency distributions of 17, 743 words and expressions attested in expert-written textbook texts and readers graded along the scale of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).
no code implementations • WS 2017 • Ana{\"\i}s Tack, Thomas Fran{\c{c}}ois, Sophie Roekhaut, C{\'e}drick Fairon
This paper is concerned with the task of automatically assessing the written proficiency level of non-native (L2) learners of English.
no code implementations • JEPTALNRECITAL 2016 • Ana{\"\i}s Tack, Thomas Fran{\c{c}}ois, Anne-Laure Ligozat, C{\'e}drick Fairon
Cette {\'e}tude examine l{'}utilisation de m{\'e}thodes d{'}apprentissage incr{\'e}mental supervis{\'e} afin de pr{\'e}dire la comp{\'e}tence lexicale d{'}apprenants de fran{\c{c}}ais langue {\'e}trang{\`e}re (FLE).
no code implementations • LREC 2016 • Ana{\"\i}s Tack, Thomas Fran{\c{c}}ois, Anne-Laure Ligozat, C{\'e}drick Fairon
This study examines two possibilities of using the FLELex graded lexicon for the automated assessment of text complexity in French as a foreign language learning.
no code implementations • LREC 2016 • Thomas Fran{\c{c}}ois, Elena Volodina, Ildik{\'o} Pil{\'a}n, Ana{\"\i}s Tack
The paper introduces SVALex, a lexical resource primarily aimed at learners and teachers of Swedish as a foreign and second language that describes the distribution of 15, 681 words and expressions across the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).