Reading Grants Research Reports | Insights & Findings

The reports describe the results of projects carried out by external researchers funded through the British Council and MetaMetrics Research into Reading Grants scheme.

In this section

Applying the Lexile Framework to evaluate text complexity in the Chinese context: A corpus-based study

1/2022. Jason Fan, Tan Jin and Ivy Chen

Comparing EMI university reading materials with students’ reading proficiency utilizing Lexile® measures, Aptis test results, student questionnaire responses, and interviews with lecturers

2/2022. Franz Holzknecht, Elisa Guggenbichler, Matthias Zehentner, Monique Yoder, Eva Konrad, Benjamin Kremmel

An investigation into how various textual features of academic journals can interact with students’ engagement with these texts: A case of novice and non-traditional learners in STEM subjects

3/2022. Ide Haghi and Ian Tuersley

British Council

Insights from Reading Grants Research: Evaluations and Outcomes

In this section

Applying the Lexile Framework to evaluate text complexity in the Chinese context: A corpus-based study

Comparing EMI university reading materials with students’ reading proficiency utilizing Lexile® measures, Aptis test results, student questionnaire responses, and interviews with lecturers

An investigation into how various textual features of academic journals can interact with students’ engagement with these texts: A case of novice and non-traditional learners in STEM subjects

British Council Worldwide