NDLI: Towards the development of an automatic readability measurements for arabic language

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Author	Al-Ajlan, A.A. Al-Khalifa, H.S. Al-Salman, A.-M.S.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Comput. Sci. Dept., King Saud Univ., Riyadh (Al-Salman, A.-M.S.) \|\| Inf. Technol. Dept., King Saud Univ., Riyadh (Al-Ajlan, A.A.; Al-Khalifa, H.S.)
Abstract	Currently, there are more than 200 readability formulas developed since the 1920s. Only a handful of these formulas are reliable to determine the reading-level of a sample text. Ascertaining the readability of curricula is an important step toward optimizing the effectiveness of the educational progress. Readability measurements are done using manual computation. This is a tedious and time-consuming task. However, nowadays, automatic readability computation has gained much popularity than ever before. This can be attributed to the advancement in the field of natural language processing. Languages such as English and Spanish have benefited from the formation of automatic readability systems. Absence of automated readability measurement of Arabic texts and the large amount of information which are written in Arabic encouraged us to work on finding an automatic readability system for our language; the mother language for millions of Arabs. In this paper we will review the different readability research and then propose a system for automating the readability measurement of Arabic text. Within the paper we also report the results of our pilot experiment carried out on the different well-known Arabic, Swedish and English readability formulas.
Starting Page	506
Ending Page	511
File Size	156723
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424429165
DOI	10.1109/ICDIM.2008.4746711
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-11-13
Publisher Place	UK
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Computer science Vocabulary Natural languages Medical services Writing Educational institutions Readability metrics Particle measurements Natural language processing Information technology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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