We provide a perspective on the current state of Arabic readability assessment research with
the objective of considering directions and opportunities for future research. We review and …

Text readability assessment is a well-known problem that has acquired even more
importance in today's information-rich world. In this article, we survey various approaches to …

In this paper, we present a Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) Sentence difficulty classifier,
which predicts the difficulty of sentences for language learners using either the CEFR …

Readability is a measure that associates a written text to a reader's skill or grade level.
Readability assessment is very important in the field of second or foreign language (L2) …

Automatic readability assessment is relevant to building NLP applications for education,
content analysis, and accessibility. However, Arabic readability assessment is a challenging …

In this study, we evaluate the informativeness of lexical, morphological and semantic
features in determining the readability of texts geared towards learners of Arabic as a foreign …

Advances in automatic readability assessment can impact the way people consume
information in a number of domains. Arabic, being a low-resource and morphologically …

The dearth of studies that assess linguistic differences in Arabic textbooks is the motivation
for the present study, which identified significant differences in the use of linguistic features …

We describe the motivation and outline of a project for the simplification of Arabic
masterpieces for extensive reading, a collaboration between researchers in Arabic literature …

Using physiological data helps to identify the cognitive processing in the human brain. One
method of obtaining these behavioral signals is by using eye-tracking technology. Previous …