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MiWIT: Integrated ESL/EFL Text Analysis and Readability Tools for Content Creation in Microsoft Word
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, Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Japan ; , Kumamoto University, Japan ; , Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan ; , Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Lisbon, Portugal ISBN 978-1-880094-89-1 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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MiWIT (Microsoft Word Integrated Text Analysis Tools), provides a set of innovative text-analysis tools for second-language learning. These tools can free ESL/EFL teachers and content developers from the need to switch between discrete software packages and MS Word. According to “TAVI” (text as a vehicle for information) principles, teachers are able to rapidly determine: readability, difficulty level and classroom appropriateness of a text. The process: 1) type/paste text into MS Word; 2) analyze using MiWIT tools to check difficulty (length, lexis, word frequency, academic, technical vocabulary); 3) text is then emended. In typical MS Word such scenarios are cumbersome, especially when figures//images exist. MiWIT allows teachers to perform a series of operations for convenient content development. Two aspects of previously published research are here combined: program design and educational pedagogy, with the goal of further integrating CAI technology with classroom practice.

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Matsuno, R., Gilbert, R., Matsuo, K. & Tsutsumi, Y. (2011). MiWIT: Integrated ESL/EFL Text Analysis and Readability Tools for Content Creation in Microsoft Word. In T. Bastiaens & M. Ebner (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2011--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 3093-3102). Lisbon, Portugal: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 2, 2021 from .

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