Text Inspector’s Role In Helping ZenGengo create a CEFR Leveled Digital Library Of English Lessons
Text Inspector's Role In Helping ZenGengo create a CEFR Leveled Digital Library Of English LessonsThe teaching of English in the modern age has evolved drastically in the past decade. Even in the last few years, there has been continuous development in teaching...
Text Inspector and the Plain English Campaign
When it comes to the English language, it’s a fact that certain facets of the language can be a little misleading, which is why Text Inspector champions the Plain English Campaign. Put simply; plain English is English written and formatted in its most clear...
7 Useful ESL Websites Ranked
The Seven Most Useful ESL Websites, RankedWhile many different English as a Second Language (ESL) websites can be employed to help learn English, selecting the right site and resources can still prove challenging for many students. The ample resources online can be...
Announcing the Text Inspector/CRELLA Small Doctoral Research Grant – Steve Jones
We are delighted to announce the winner of our research scholarship award with CRELLA is Steve Jones. Steve will be supported by Text Inspector for the next three years, receiving a total of £1000 per year to assist in his pursuit of a PhD involving text analysis,...
How Can Text Inspector Help with Comparative Readability Analysis?
Texts have always played an important role in language learning, exposing the student to vocabulary, grammatical structures and real-life language use that could potentially improve their language level and fluency. In this blog post by Dr. Irina Rets, we will discover the results of the study “Accessibility of Open Educational Resources: how well are they suited for English learners?” that used the Text Inspector tool and what it means for language learning texts.
Syllable Count – What Does the Number of Syllables in a Text Show?
A syllable is a single, unbroken sound (phoneme) that is found in a written or spoken word and is often referred to as ‘beats’ in words. They can be made up of either one vowel sound or a combination of vowels and consonants. When it comes to communicating in a...
What Do The CEFR Levels Really Mean?
In some of its tools, Text Inspector uses a scale called the CEFR to assess the English language level of a text. Widely used across Europe, it was originally created to be a reference tool to guide the learning of languages across the countries of Europe as the...
Lexical Diversity: An Interview with Aris Xanthos
Aris Xanthos is a lecturer and researcher in Humanities Computing at the University of Lausanne, CEO at LangTech Sàrl. and creator of the open-source software Textable. He also developed both the tagger tool and contributed to the lexical diversity tools that Text...
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Are you a Text Inspector Super User? We are looking for a panel of experienced Text Inspector subscribers to get involved and help us improve and promote our industry-leading text analysis tool for the future. Do you use Text Inspector on a regular basis for your...
Lexical Profiles According to the CEFR: What Does Research Say?
One of our most widely used tools, the Text Inspector Scorecard uses widely respected metrics to explain the level of text according to the CEFR (the Common European Framework of Reference). This is the most widely used reference point in the world for language...