ELT365 · Day 170 — What Makes a Text Difficult?

Idea — Text difficulty is not just vocabulary. Length, sentence structure, topic familiarity, text type, and cultural reference all affect how hard a text is.

Example — A short text on an unfamiliar cultural event can be harder than a longer text on a familiar topic.

Try — Choose two texts at the same word count. List three factors beyond vocabulary that make one harder than the other.

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