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...
Get Involved with Text Inspector
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...
Professor Averil Coxhead: An Interview on using the Academic Word Lists to Boost Your English Language Learning
Averil Coxhead is an energetic and friendly Professor in Applied Linguistics in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. She created the Academic Word List (AWL)- the most widely used and...
Using Authentic Materials in Foreign Language Teaching: How Text Inspector Can Help
As an English language teacher, you’ve no doubt come across a wide variety of different language learning materials such as course textbooks, vocabulary lists, grammar exercises, flashcards, audio recording and language learning apps. While they can be highly...
How to Select the Best EFL Materials for Your Classroom
Finding the best language learning materials for your EFL class can be a challenging task, especially if you’re a new teacher. If you’re working for a language course provider or employed by the Ministry of Education in a certain country, you may be provided...
How Technology Can Help Language Learners
Technology has changed the world dramatically over the last decade or so. These days, most of us communicate with friends and family, make new purchases, plan trips abroad, spend our leisure time and even catch up with the...