Torsten Zesch
List of John Benjamins publications in which Torsten Zesch is involved.
Articles
2025 Towards better language representation in Natural Language Processing: A multilingual dataset for text-level Grammatical Error Correction International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 11:2, pp. 309–335 | Review article
This paper introduces MultiGEC, a dataset for multilingual Grammatical Error Correction (GEC) in twelve European languages: Czech, English, Estonian, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Russian, Slovene, Swedish and Ukrainian. MultiGEC distinguishes itself from previous GEC datasets in… read more
2014 Readability for foreign language learning: The importance of cognates Recent Advances in Automatic Readability Assessment and Text Simplification, François, Thomas and Delphine Bernhard (eds.), pp. 136–162 | Article
In this paper, we analyse the differences between L1 acquisition and L2 learning and identify four main aspects: input quality and quantity, mapping processes, cross-lingual influence, and reading experience. As a consequence of these differences, we conclude that L1 readability measures cannot be… read more
Finding common ground: Applying and customising LC-meta to a large and diverse set of German learner corpora International Journal of Learner Corpus Research: Online-First Articles | Article
This paper reports on the implementation of the Core Metadata Schema for Learner Corpora (LC-meta) within the Data Competencies in German as a Foreign Language/German as a Second Language: Exploration of Language Technology Approaches to the Analysis of L2 Acquisition Levels in Learner Corpora… read more