Glenn Fulcher
Text difficulty and accessibility: Reading formulae and expert judgement
University of Surrey
text difficulty text accessibility important much neglected topic applied linguistics establishing text difficulty relevant teacher syllabus designer wish select appropriate materials learners variety ability levels also critical test developers selecting reading texts appropriate levels inclusion reading subtests examinations writers texts various audiences also need guidance related range factors make texts less accessible cases however decisions still made much intuitive grounds research specifically addressed concerns text writers findings still relevant first two concerns research involved analysis corpus texts shows factors make texts difficult less accessible include poor linguistic structure contextual structure conceptual structure unclear operationalisation readerwriter relationship argued factors considered traditional readability formulae important determinants text accessibility