Este trabalho pretende descrever o processo de desenvolvimento de um referencial de complexidade textual inserida no âmbito do projeto iRead4Skills. O nosso objetivo é fazer uma descrição e análise dos traços linguísticos que conferem complexidade aos textos, em particular àqueles que se destinam a adultos de baixa literacia. Apesar da existência de orientações sobre a proficiência em leitura (QECR, PISA, etc.)...
This paper presents the iRead4Skills framework of textual complexity, a novel approach to text difficulty tailored to low-literacy adult native speakers. Recognizing the pivotal role of literacy in personal and professional development, this framework addresses the challenges of identifying and adapting texts for this demographic. Integrating lexical, syntactic, and cohesion features, the framework delineates t...
This paper presents the iRead4Skills benchmark of textual complexity, a novel approach to text complexity difficulty tailored to low-literacy adult native speakers. Despite the existence of various instruments and guidelines related to reading proficiency (CEFR, PISA, etc.), little attention is given to adult reading difficulties and how these manifest linguistically in texts. Recognizing the pivotal role of li...
This paper presents the Portuguese dataset of the iRead4Skills project (Dataset 1: corpora by complexity level for FR, PT, and SP – v.2.0), a representative sample of written European Portuguese for automatic complexity assessment that addresses a gap in existing resources for Portuguese. The corpus was created within the framework of the iRead4Skills project, which encompasses Portuguese, French, and Spanish. ...