TOOLS & RESOURCES
Project Tools
Access the tools developed within the project in the Project Tools page. Here, we provide a diverse set of tools and corresponding user guides designed to support and promote reading skills and literacy.
Project Resources
Access the developments of our project in the Project Deliverables section. Here, we make available reports on diverse topics, work processes and tools, and new data. Each deliverable reflects our dedication to enhancing reading skills and understanding through the iRead4Skills initiative.
Publications
A Multi-Stage Heuristic Filtering Pipeline for Refining a Spanish Legal Corpus for Natural Language Processing
Authors: Nikolai Tiurin, Xavier Blanco Escoda
Title of the journal or equivalent: Langues & Parole
Journal number: 10
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): DOI
Clasificación automática de textos por niveis de lecturabilidade: recursos e modelos para o galego
Authors: Sandra Rodríguez Rey, Marcos Garcia
Title of the journal or equivalent: Linguamática
Journal number: 17
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): DOI
Dictionnaires électroniques et traduction automatique espagnol-français
Authors: Xavier Blanco
Title of the journal or equivalent: Langages
Journal number: 35
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): DOI
Framework of Textual Complexity for Low-Literacy Adults: Levels and Descriptors within the iRead4skill Project
Authors: Raquel Amaro, Susana Correia, Ricardo Monteiro, Alice Pintard, Michell Moutinho, Sílvia Barbosa
Title of the journal or equivalent: Langues & Parole
Journal number: 10
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): DOI
Intelligent Support for Low Literacy Adults: The European Portuguese iRead4Skills Corpus
Authors: Maria Leonor Reis, Sílvia Barbosa, Michell Moutinho, Ricardo Monteiro, Susana Correia, Raquel Amaro
Title of the journal or equivalent: International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
Journal number: 19
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): DOI
Léxico mejorado del español para los niveles del MCER A1, A2 y B1, y nociones metalingüísticas de base
Authors: Xavier Blanco Escoda
Title of the journal or equivalent: Onomázein Revista de lingüística filología y traducción
Journal number: –
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): DOI
L’effet facilitateur de la transparence interlinguistique sur l’acquisition lexicale du français et de l’espagnol chez les apprenants sinophones
Authors: Keran Mu
Title of the journal or equivalent: Langues & Parole
Journal number: –
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): DOI
Níveis e descritores de complexidade textual para adultos de baixa literacia: um referencial do projeto iRead4Skills
Authors: Ricardo Monteiro, Susana Correia, Raquel Amaro, Michell Moutinho, Sílvia Barbosa, Maria Leonor Reis
Title of the journal or equivalent: Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística
Journal number: –
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): DOI
Presentation
Authors: Raquel Amaro, Jorge Baptista, Thomas François, Marcos García, Rodrigo Wilkens
Title of the journal or equivalent: Langues & Parole
Journal number: 10
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): DOI
Procesamiento de Lenguaje Natural
Authors: Sandra Rodríguez Rey, André Bernárdez Braña, Marcos Garcia
Title of the journal or equivalent: SEPLN
Journal number: –
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): DOI
Automatic Text Readability Assessment in European Portuguese
Authors: Ribeiro, E., Mamede, N., & Baptista, J.
Title of the journal or equivalent: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computational Processing of Portuguese
Journal number: 16
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): Other
Charting the Linguistic Landscape of Developing Writers: An Annotation Scheme for Enhancing Native Language Proficiency
Authors: Miguel Da Corte, Jorge Baptista
Title of the journal or equivalent: Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024)
Journal number: –
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): Other
Enhancing Writing Proficiency Classification in Developmental Education: The Quest for Accuracy
Authors: Miguel Da Corte, Jorge Baptista
Title of the journal or equivalent: Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024)
Journal number: –
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): Other
Exploration d’approches hybrides pour la lisibilité : expériences sur la complémentarité entre les traits linguistiques et les transformers
Authors: Rodrigo Wilkens, Patrick Watrin, Rémi Cardon, Alice Pintard, Isabelle Gribomont, Thomas François
Title of the journal or equivalent: Actes de la 31ème Conférence sur le Traitement Automatique des Langues Naturelles, volume 2 : traductions d’articles publiès
Journal number: –
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): Other
Exploring the Automated Scoring of Narrative Essays in Brazilian Portuguese using Transformer Models
Authors: Eugénio Ribeiro, Nuno Mamede, Jorge Baptista
Title of the journal or equivalent: –
Journal number: –
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): DOI
Leveraging NLP and Machine Learning for English (L1) Writing Assessment in Developmental Education
Authors: Miguel Da Corte, Jorge Baptista
Title of the journal or equivalent: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education
Journal number: –
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): DOI
OASIcs, Volume 135, SLATE 2025, Complete Volume
Authors: Baptista, Jorge; Barateiro, José
Title of the journal or equivalent: –
Journal number: –
Peer-review: No
Was the publication available in open access: No
Type of PID (repository): DOI
Paying attention to the words: explaining readability prediction for French as a foreign language
Authors: Rodrigo Wilkens, Patrick Watrin, Thomas François
Title of the journal or equivalent: Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Tools and Resources for People with REAding DIfficulties (READI) @ LREC-COLING 2024
Journal number: –
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): Other
Refining English Writing Proficiency Assessment and Placement in Developmental Education Using NLP Tools and Machine Learning
Authors: Miguel Da Corte, Jorge Baptista
Title of the journal or equivalent: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education
Journal number: 16
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): DOI
Text Readability Assessment in European Portuguese: A Comparison of Classification and Regression Approaches
Authors: Ribeiro, E., Mamede, N., & Baptista, J.
Title of the journal or equivalent: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computational Processing of Portuguese
Journal number: 16
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): Other
Toward Consistency in Writing Proficiency Assessment: Mitigating Classification Variability in Developmental Education
Authors: Miguel Da Corte, Jorge Baptista
Title of the journal or equivalent: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education
Journal number: –
Peer-review: Yes
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): DOI
Adaptive Text Simplification: Using Machine Learning Models to Adapt the Level of Simplification Based on Feedback from Users
Authors: Nikolai Tiurin
Title of the journal or equivalent: –
Journal number: –
Peer-review: No
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): None
Analyse contrastive des pragmatèmes et application lexicographique bilingue
Authors: Elina Sidorovic
Title of the journal or equivalent: –
Journal number: –
Peer-review: No
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): None
Selección del léxico español y francés de niveles iniciales (A1–B1) para aprendientes sinohablantes
Authors: Keran Mu
Title of the journal or equivalent: –
Journal number: –
Peer-review: No
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): None
Textual complexity for low literacy adults: analysis of complexity levels and their characteristics
Authors: Ricardo Monteiro
Title of the journal or equivalent: –
Journal number: –
Peer-review: No
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): Handle
Vocabulário Fundamental da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa: seleção lexical, alinhamento de sentidos e codificação
Authors: Maria Leonor Reis
Title of the journal or equivalent: –
Journal number: –
Peer-review: No
Was the publication available in open access: Yes
Type of PID (repository): None
