z-logo
open-access-imgOpen Access
Plain language as a tool used in the adaptation of texts for the purpose of teaching Polish as a foreign language — research overview
Author(s) -
Olga Matyjaszczyk-Łoboda
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
oblicza komunikacji
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2083-5345
DOI - 10.19195/2083-5345.11.12
Subject(s) - adaptation (eye) , computer science , linguistics , foreign language , language education , foreign language teaching , psychology , philosophy , neuroscience
The aim of the article is to collect and present studies into text comprehensibility conducted so far. The author examines studies dealing with plain language, Polish language teaching and pedagogy. The article opens with an overview of the history of research into text difficulty in the world featuring various concepts of automatic measurement of text difficulty level. Next the author presents studies devoted to comprehensibility of utterances in Poland, as well as studies concerning text difficulty with regard to language teaching. This is followed by a discussion of the principles of the text simplification principle according to the Wrocław plain language model and in the teaching of Polish.The article closes with a short overview of publications containing simplified authentic texts used in the teaching of Polish as a foreign language.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.
Having issues? You can contact us here