Research

Below are some of the preliminary results of the LEMI questionnaire analysis:

Rural versus urban distribution of LEMI questionnaire respondents

 

Grade level distribution of LEMI questionnaire respondents

 

Books written by Romanian authors recommended by respondents of the LEMI questionnaire for teachers

 

Books written by foreign authors recommended by respondents of the LEMI questionnaire for teachers

 

Books recommended by respondents of the LEMI questionnaire for pupils

 

To consult the full report on the results of the LEMI questionnaire analysis, you can access the LEMI Questionnaire Report document here (request access code by contacting the LEMI team at: codhus@e-uvt.ro)

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In order to create a digital repository that is useful and relevant in terms of cultural and educational content, texts from various categories were selected:

1. reading recommendations made by teachers
2. reading recommendations made by pupils
3. reading recommendations made by parents
4. reading recommendations made by the LEMI team

Simultaneously with the selection of the texts, the following steps regarding linguistic assessment and text processing were carried out:

a. We calculated the readability score of each text (see also Section 3 - Preliminary data on the analysis of the complexity of Romanian texts - below). It also indicates the level of linguistic complexity of the text in question. Texts with too high a score (>5) were either removed from the repository or adapted by simplification (see b.).

Metadata of the reading materials for the LEMI platform

 

b. Texts with a high level of linguistic complexity were adapted by simplifying vocabulary and syntactic structures. The readability formula identified by the LEMI team (see below) was also applied to the simplified texts in order to assign them to the appropriate category (grade/age/level).

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The LEMI team developed a readability formula for the Romanian language by adapting the calculation formulas used for English texts: the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test, the Gunning Fog Index, the SMOG Index and the Dale-Chall Readability Formula. The research we conducted revealed that two calculation formulas, namely the Gunning Fog Index and the SMOG Index, are closer to the actual readability scores in Romanian.

Details regarding the Gunning Fog Index and SMOG Index readability formulas (Source: ChatGPT)

 

Read more about readability formulas here.

The readability formula for Romanian texts has already been identified. It is to be calibrated by recurrent text processing, by comparison with existing formulae and by classroom validation.

More about the final readability formula for Romanian texts in the scientific paper (work in progress) here.

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(work in progress)

Scientific presentations about LEMI have been accepted at all events where proposals have been submitted. Below is the list of these (frequently updated):

Event	Date and Location	Title	Authors	Link	Logo
Smart Diaspora 2023	April 10-13, 2023, Timisoara (Romania)	LEMI: Primii pași – provocări, răspunsuri?	Alexandru Oravițan	Link
The first Baia Mare Conference on literature for children and young adults	June 8-10, 2023, Baia Mare (Romania)	Children’s Literature with LEMI: Preliminary Steps in the Development of the First Romanian Text Readability App	Karla Csürös Florina Andercău Roxana Delia Prohap
The Future of Education 13th Edition 2023	June 29 – 30, 2023, Florence (Italy)	Designing LEMI: the Romanian language tool that makes kids love reading	Madalina Chitez Roxana Rogobete Alexandru Oravițan	Link
EUROCALL 2023 – International Conference of the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning	August 15-18, 2023, Reykjavik (Iceland)	Developing LEMI: A new corpus based literacy support tool for schoolchildren	Roxana Rogobete Alexandru Oravițan Mădălina Chitez Karla Csürös	Link
e-LADDA Closing Conference / ELN Pre-Summit Event 2023	October 18-21 2023, Porto (Portugal)	Validation of LEMI as the First Children’s Literature Readability App for Romanian Language	Alexandru Oravițan Madalina Chitez Roxana Rogobete Karla Csürös	Link

 

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The research conducted by the LEMI team project is discussed in the following publications:

Chitez, M., Rogobete, R. și Oravițan, A. (2023), Designing LEMI: the Romanian language tool that makes kids love reading. Conference Proceedings - 13^th International Conference Future of Education, 29 -30 iunie 2023, Florența, Italia. Bologna: Filodiritto Editore, DOI: 10.26352/H629_2384-9509, disponibil la: https://conference.pixel-online.net/files/foe/ed0013/FP/3177-PRI6037-FP-FOE13.pdf.