Thomas François

Bibauw, Serge ; Van den Noortgate, Wim ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet. Dialogue systems for language learning: a meta-analysis. In: Language Learning & Technology, Vol. 26, no. 1, p. 1-24 (2022).

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Müller, Adeline ; François, Thomas. Pratiques de rédaction claire de rédacteurs fonctionnels en Belgique francophone. In: Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, Vol. 32, p. 59-72 (2022). doi:10.31468/dwr.955.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/259705

François, Thomas ; Lefer, Marie-Aude. Revisiting simplification in corpus-based translation studies: Insights from readability research. In: Meta: Journal des traducteurs/Translators’ Journal, Vol. 67, no.1, p. 50-70 (2022). doi:10.7202/1092190ar.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/265661

Javourey-Drevet, Ludivine ; Dufau, Stéphane ; François, Thomas ; Gala, Núria ; Ginestié, Jacques ; Ziegler, Johannes C.. Simplification of literary and scientific texts to improve reading fluency and comprehension in beginning readers of French. In: Applied Psycholinguistics, Vol. 43, no. 2, p. 485-512 (2022). doi:10.1017/s014271642100062x.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/258430

Zakhia Doueihi, Julien ; François, Thomas. Concept-based instruction for applied L2 acquisition : Systematic review. In: Pedagogical Linguistics, (2021). doi:10.1075/pl.21006.zak.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/255384

Yancey, Kevin ; Pintard, Alice ; François, Thomas. Investigating readability of French as a foreign language with deep learning and cognitive and pedagogical features. In: Lingue e Linguaggio, Vol. 2021, no. 2, p. 229-258 (2021). doi:10.1418/102814.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/255445

Müller, Adeline ; Clerc, Isabelle ; François, Thomas. Plain language practices of professional writers in Quebec. In: Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, Vol. 31, p. 49-74 (2021). doi:10.31468/dwr.849.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/248156

Sauvan, Lauren ; Stolowy, Natacha ; Aguilar, Carlos ; François, Thomas ; Gala, Núria ; Matonti, Frédéric ; Castet, Eric ; Calabrèse, Aurélie. The inhibitory effect of word neighborhood size when reading with central field loss is modulated by word predictability and reading proficiency.. In: Scientific reports, Vol. 10, no.1, p. 21792 [1-13] (2020). doi:10.1038/s41598-020-78420-0.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/253904

Bibauw, Serge ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet. Discussing with a computer to practice a foreign language: research synthesis and conceptual framework of dialogue-based CALL. In: Computer Assisted Language Learning, Vol. 32, no. 8, p. 827-877 (2019). doi:10.1080/09588221.2018.1535508.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/213666

Stolowy, Natacha ; Calabrèse, Aurélie ; Sauvan, Lauren ; Aguilar, Carlos ; François, Thomas ; Gala, Núria ; Matonti, Frédéric ; Castet, Eric. The influence of word frequency on word reading speed when individuals with macular diseases read text. In: Vision Research, Vol. 155, p. 1-10 (2019). doi:10.1016/j.visres.2018.12.002.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/213643

François, Thomas ; Müller, Adeline ; Degryse, Baptiste ; Fairon, Cédrick. AMesure, une plateforme web pour soutenir la rédaction simple de textes administratifs. In: Repères-Dorif, Vol. 16 (2018).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193864

François, Thomas ; Fairon, Cédrick. Des technologies du langage au service du citoyen. In: Synergies Pays Germanophone, Vol. 11, no.1, p. 107-119 (2018).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/213645

Nuria Gala ; François, Thomas ; Javourey-Drevet, Ludivine ; Ziegler, Johannes. La simplification de textes, une aide à l'apprentissage de la lecture. In: Langue française, Vol. 199, no. 3, p. 123-131 (2018) (Accepté/Sous presse).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193869

Todirascu, Amalia ; François, Thomas ; Bernhard, Delphine ; Gala, Nuria ; Ligozat, Anne-Laure ; Khobzi, Ratiba. Chaînes de référence et lisibilité des textes : le projet ALLuSIF. In: Langue française, Vol. 195, p. 35-52 (2017). doi:10.3917/lf.195.0035.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193858

François, Thomas. When readability meets computational linguistics: a new paradigm in readability. In: Revue française de linguistique appliquée, Vol. 20, p. 79-97 (2015).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193855

François, Thomas ; Bernhard, Delphine. When text readability meets automatic text simplification. In: Recent Advances in Automatic Readability Assessment and Text Simplification, Vol. 165, no.2, p. 89-96 (2014) (Accepté/Sous presse).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/155664

François, Thomas ; Fairon, Cédrick. Les apports du TAL à la lisibilité du français langue étrangère. In: Traitement automatique du langage, Vol. 54, no. 1, p. 1-29 (2013).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/122977

Cougnon, Louise-Amélie ; François, Thomas. Étudier l’écrit SMS. : Un objectif du projet sms4science. In: Linguistik Online, Vol. 4, no. 48, p. 19-34 (2011).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/104079

François, Thomas. La lisibilité computationnelle : un renouveau pour la lisibilité du français langue première et seconde ?. In: International Journal of Applied Linguistics (ITL), Vol. 160, no. 1, p. 75-99 (2010). doi:10.2143/ITL.160.0.2129558.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/104172

Thonet, Amélie ; Romain, Florence ; Rivera, Jean-Denis ; François, Thomas. Des possibilités de l'enseignement du FLE en Syrie, août 2005 : compte rendu didactique. In: Francais 2000, Vol. 201-202, no. 1, p. 177-181 (2006).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078/120793

Proceedings of the CL4LC workshop 2016, éd. Brunato, Dominique ; Dell'Orletta, Felice ; Venturi, Giulia ; François, Thomas ; Blache, Philippe. Osaka, Japan, 2016. 978-4-87974-709-9. 233 p.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193877

Recent Advances in Automatic Readability Assessment and Text Simplification, éd. François, Thomas ; Bernhard, Delphine (International Journal of Applied Linguistics; 165:2), John Benjamins Publishing, 2014. 243 p. doi:10.1075/itl.165.2 (Accepté/Sous presse).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/155661

Bibauw, Serge ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet. Dialogue Systems for Language Learning: Chatbots and Beyond. In: Ziegler, Nicole; González-Lloret, Marta, The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Technology (Routledge Handbooks in Second Language Acquisition), Routledge: New York, 2022, p. 121-135. 9781351117586. doi:10.4324/9781351117586-12.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/275102

Vandeghinste, Vincent ; Müller, Adeline ; François, Thomas ; De Clerq, Orphée. Easy Language in Belgium. In: Camilla Lindholm and Ulla Vanhatalo (eds.), Handbook of Easy Languages in Europe (Easy – Plain – Accessible; 8), Frank & Timme, 2021, p. 53--90. 978-3-7329-0771-7.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/255385

Bibauw, Serge ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet. Frequency of occurrence in output helps predict incidental vocabulary learning. AAAL 2023 Conference (Portland, OR, du 19/03/2023 au 21/03/2023).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/275104

Alfter, David ; Cardon, Rémi ; François, Thomas. A Dictionary-Based Study of Word Sense Difficulty. 2nd Workshop on Tools and Resources for People with REAding DIfficulties (READI) (Marseille, France, 24/06/2022). In: Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Tools and Resources for People with REAding DIfficulties (READI), ELRA: Marseille, France, 2022. 979-10-95546-84-9.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/261733

Souza Wilkens, Rodrigo ; Alfter, David ; Cardon, Rémi ; Gribomont, Isabelle ; Adrien Bibal ; Watrin, Patrick ; de Marneffe, Marie-Catherine ; François, Thomas. CENTAL at TSAR-2022 Shared Task: How Does Context Impact BERT-Generated Substitutions for Lexical Simplification?. Workshop on Text Simplification, Accessibility, and Readability (TSAR-2022) (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 06/12/2022). In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Text Simplification, Accessibility, and Readability (TSAR-2022), Association for Computational Linguistics: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2022. 978-1-959429-25-8, p. 231 - 238.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/271643

Bibauw, Serge ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet. Can we detect short term fluency development after 2 hours of chat with a dialogue system?. CALICO Annual Conference 2022 (Seattle, WA, du 01/06/2022 au 04/06/2022).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/275107

Souza Wilkens, Rodrigo ; Alfter, David ; Wang, Xiaoou ; Pintard, Alice ; Tack, Anaïs ; Yancey, Kevin ; François, Thomas. FABRA: French Aggregator-Based Readability Assessment toolkit. Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2022) (du 20/06/2022 au 25/06/2022). In: Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2022), 2022. 979-10-95546-72-6.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/262747

Todirascu, Amalia ; Souza Wilkens, Rodrigo ; Rolin, Eva ; François, Thomas ; Bernhard, Delphine ; Gala, Nuria. HECTOR: A Hybrid TExt SimplifiCation TOol for Raw Texts in French. LREC 2022 (Marseille, du 20/06/2022 au 25/07/2022). In: Proceedings of LREC 2022, European Language Resources Association: Paris, 2022. 9791095546726, 4620‑4630.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/262896

Norré, Magali ; Vandeghinste, Vincent ; François, Thomas ; Bouillon, Pierrette. Investigating the Medical Coverage of a Translation System into Pictographs for Patients with an Intellectual Disability. Ninth Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies (SLPAT-2022) (Dublin, Ireland, 27/05/2022). In: Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies (SLPAT-2022), ACL Anthology: Online, 2022. 978-1-955917-49-0, p. 44-49.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/261105

BIBAL, Adrien ; Cardon, Rémi ; Alfter, David ; Souza Wilkens, Rodrigo ; Wang, Xiaoou ; François, Thomas ; Watrin, Patrick. Is Attention Explanation? An Introduction to the Debate. Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Dublin, Ireland, du 22/05/2022 au 27/05/2022). In: Association for Computational Linguistics. Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings, p. 3889–3900 (2022).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/260014

Cardon, Rémi ; Bibal, Adrien ; Souza Wilkens, Rodrigo ; Alfter, David ; Norré, Magali ; Müller, Adeline ; Watrin, Patrick ; François, Thomas. Linguistic Corpus Annotation for Automatic Text Simplification Evaluation. EMNLP 2022 (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, du 07/12/2022 au 11/12/2022). In: Proceedings of the 2022 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, Association for Computational Linguistics: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2022, p. 1842–1866.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/268658

Souza Wilkens, Rodrigo ; Daiane Seibert ; Wang, Xiaoou ; François, Thomas. MWE for Essay Scoring English as a Foreign Language. READI Workshop 2022 (Marseille, 24/06/2022). In: Proceedings of Tools and resources with REAding DIfficulties (READI), European language resources association: Paris, 2022. 979-10-95546-84-9.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/262749

Pirali, Camille ; François, Thomas ; Gala, Nuria. PADDLe: a Platform to Identify Complex Words for Learners of French as a Foreign Language (FFL). Workshop READI 2022 (Marseille, 24/06/2022). In: Proceedings of the LREC 2022 workshop on Tools and Resources with REAding DIfficulties (READI), European Language Resources Association (ELRA): Paris, 2022. 979-10-95546-84-9, p. 46-53.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/262900

Biga Diambeidou, Mahamadou ; Gailly, Benoît ; Gnekpe, Drigba Lorka ; François, Thomas ; Watrin, Patrick ; de Viron, Françoise. An Exploratory Study of Perceived Benefits of Business Incubation: Insights from Natural Language Processing. 2021 BCERC virtual (online, du 09/06/2021 au 12/06/2021).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/273636

Bibauw, Serge ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet. Automatizing L2 fluency measurement: Validity and developmental sensitivity of temporal fluency metrics variations. AILA 2021 (Gröningen, NL, du 17/08/2021 au 20/08/2021).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/275111

François, Thomas ; Lefer, Marie-Aude. CBTS meets readability research: New methodological insights for the study of the simplification hypothesis. Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies (Bertinoro, Italy, du 09/09/2021 au 11/09/2021).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/253344

Norré, Magali ; Vandeghinste, Vincent ; Bouillon, Pierrette ; François, Thomas. Experiments for the adaptation of Text2Picto to French. 31st Meeting of Computational Linguistics in The Netherlands (CLIN 31) (Belgium (Online), 09/07/2021).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/258437

Norré, Magali ; Vandeghinste, Vincent ; Bouillon, Pierrette ; François, Thomas. Extending a Text-to-Pictograph system to French and to Arasaac. Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (Online, du 01/09/2021 au 07/09/2021). In: Proceedings of Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing, ACL Anthology: Online, 2021. 978-954-452-072-4, p. 1050-1059.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/255387

Rolin, Eva ; Langlois, Quentin ; Watrin, Patrick ; François, Thomas. FrenLyS: a tool for the automatic simplification of French general language texts. Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (Online, du 01/09/2021 au 07/09/2021). In: Proceedings of Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing, ACL Anthology: Online, 2021. 978-954-452-072-4, p. 1196-1205.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/255386

François, Thomas ; Müller, Adeline ; Rolin, Eva ; Norré, Magali. AMesure: A Web Platform to Assist the Clear Writing of Administrative Texts. AACL (Suzhou, China, du 04/12/2020 au 07/12/2020). In: Proceedings of the 1st Confererence of the AACL: System Demonstrations, , p. 1-7 (2020).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/248164

Gala, Nuria ; Tack, Anaïs ; Javourey-Drevet, Ludivine ; François, Thomas ; Ziegler, Johannes. Alector: A Parallel Corpus of Simplified French Texts with Alignments of Misreadings by Poor and Dyslexic Readers. LREC 2020 (Marseille, du 13/05/2020 au 15/05/2020). In: Proceedings of The 12th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, European Language Resources Association: Marseille, 2020, p. 1353–1361.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/231409

Pintard, Alice ; François, Thomas. Combining Expert Knowledge with Frequency Information to Infer CEFR Levels for Words. 1st Workshop on Tools and Resources to Empower People with REAding DIfficulties (READI) (Marseille, 11/05/2020). In: Proceedings of The 1st Workshop on Tools and Resources to Empower People with REAding DIfficulties, European Language Resources Association: Paris, 2020. 979-10-95546-44-3, p. 85-92.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/231447

Cierro, Alessandro ; Philippette, Thibault ; François, Thomas ; Nahon, Sébastien ; Watrin, Patrick. Eye-tracking for Sense of Immersion and Linguistic Complexity in the Skyrim Game: Issues and Perspectives. ETRA '20: 2020 Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (Stuttgart Germany, 02/06/2020). In: ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, ACM, 2020. 9781450371346, p. 1-5. doi:10.1145/3379156.3391836.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/231445

Sauvan, Lauren ; Stolowy, Natacha ; Aguilar, Carlos ; François, Thomas. Text Simplification to Help Individuals with Low Vision Read More Fluently. 1st Workshop on Tools and Resources to Empower People with REAding DIfficulties (READI) (Marseille, 12/05/2020). In: Proceedings of The 1st Workshop on Tools and Resources to Empower People with REAding DIfficulties, European Language Resources Association: Paris, 2020. 979-10-95546-44-3, p. 27-32.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/231448

Catellani, Andrea ; François, Thomas ; Watrin, Patrick ; Fastrez, Pierre ; Matagne, Julie. Analyzing theme penetration from specialized to non-specialized discourses with NLP: the case of the IPCC Special Report Global Warming of 1.5 ºC. IAMCR 2019: Communication, Technology and Human Dignity (Madrid, du 07/07/2019 au 11/07/2019).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/219182

Gala, Núria ; David, Catherine ; Tack, Anaïs ; François, Thomas. Assessing Vocabulary Knowledge for Learners of French as a Foreign Language: Accounting for L1 Variability to Go Beyond the CEFR Scale. The 27th Conference of the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL 2019) (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, du 28/08/2019 au 31/08/2019).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/222782

Bibauw, Serge ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet. Effects of interactivity of written practice on incidental vocabulary acquisition. Vocab@Leuven International Conference (Leuven, Belgium, du 01/07/2019 au 03/07/2019).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/217925

Bibauw, Serge ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet. Interactivity in dialogue-based CALL practice: effects on learners perceptions and production. EUROCALL Conference 2019: "CALL and Complexity" (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, du 28/08/2019 au 31/08/2019).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/218955

Todirascu, Amalia ; Cargill, Marion ; François, Thomas. PolylexFLE : une base de données d'expressions polylexicales pour le FLE. Conférence TALN 2019 (Toulouse, du 01/07/2019 au 05/07/2019). In: Actes de la conférence TALN 2019, 2019, p. 143-156.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/219762

Tack, Anaïs ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet ; Fairon, Cédrick. The Prediction of Lexical Competence in Foreign Language Reading: A Systematic Synthesis. The 27th Conference of the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL 2019) (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, du 28/08/2019 au 31/08/2019).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/222778

Tack, Anaïs ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet ; Fairon, Cédrick. The Role of Cognate Vocabulary in CEFR-based Word-level Readability Assessment. Vocab@Leuven International Conference (Leuven, Belgium, du 01/07/2019 au 03/07/2019).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/222777

Hmida, Firas ; Billami, Mokhtar ; François, Thomas ; Gala, Nuria. Assisted Lexical Simplification for French Native Children with Reading Difficulties. 1st workshop on Automatic Text Adaptation (ATA) (Tilburg, 08/11/2018). In: Proceedings of the 1st workshop on Automatic Text Adaptation (ATA), Association for Computational Linguistics, 2018. 978-1-948087-91-9, p. 21-28.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/213669

Bibauw, Serge ; Van den Noortgate, Wim ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet. Dialogue-based CALL: a multilevel meta-analysis. LEAD Summer School in L2 Acquisition (Tübingen, Germany, du 23/07/2018 au 27/07/2018).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/217839

Durlich, Luise ; François, Thomas. EFLLex: A Graded Lexical Resource for Learners of English as a Foreign Language. 11th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2018) (Miyazaki, Japan, du 07/05/2018 au 12/05/2018). In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2018), 2018.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193904

François, Thomas ; De Cock, Barbara. ELELex: a CEFR-graded lexical resource for Spanish as a foreign language. PLIN Linguistic Day 2018: Technological innovation in language learning and teaching (Louvain-la-Neuve, 18/05/2018).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/204347

Bibauw, Serge ; Van den Noortgate, Wim ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet. Insights from a multilevel meta-analysis on the effectiveness of dialogue-based CALL. XIXth International CALL Research Conference: CALL Your Data (Bruges, Belgium, du 04/07/2018 au 06/07/2018).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/217840

Tack, Anaïs ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet ; Fairon, Cédrick. Making Sense of L2 Lexical Complexity with NT2Lex, a CEFR-graded Lexicon Linked to Open Dutch WordNet. The XIXth International Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Research Conference (Bruges, du 04/07/2018 au 06/07/2018).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/199110

Tack, Anaïs ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet ; Fairon, Cédrick. NT2Lex: A CEFR-Graded Lexical Resource for Dutch as a Foreign Language Linked to Open Dutch WordNet. The 13th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (NAACL 2018 Workshops) (New Orleans, Louisiana, 05/06/2018). In: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications, Association for Computational Linguistics: New Orleans, Louisiana, 2018, 137–146.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/197020

Billami, M. ; François, Thomas ; Nuria Gala. ReSyf: a French lexicon with ranked synonyms. COLING 2018 (Santa Fe, du 22/08/2018 au 26/08/2018). In: Proceedings of COLING 2018, 2018, 2570-2581.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/199374

Tack, Anaïs ; François, Thomas ; Roekhaut, Sophie ; Fairon, Cédrick. Human and Automated CEFR-based Grading of Short Answers. The 12th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (EMNLP 2017) (Copenhagen, Denmark, 08/09/2017). In: Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications, Association for Computational Linguistics, 2017, 169-179.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/187102

Tack, Anaïs ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet ; Fairon, Cédrick. Introducing NT2Lex: A Machine-readable CEFR-graded Lexical Resource for Dutch as a Foreign Language. Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands 27 (CLIN 2017) (KU Leuven, Belgium, 10/02/2017).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/185454

Volodina, Elena ; Borin, Lars ; Pilán, Ildikó ; François, Thomas ; Tack, Anaïs. SVALex. En andraspråksordlista med CEFR-nivåer. Svenskans beskrivning 35 (Göteborg, du 11/05/2016 au 13/05/2016). In: Svenskans beskrivning 35. Förhandlingar vid trettiofemte sammankomsten, Göteborgs universitet: Göteborg, 2017. 978-91-87850-64-6, p. 369-382.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193860

Bibauw, Serge ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet. The effectiveness of dialogue-based CALL on L2 proficiency development: a meta-analysis. CALICO Conference 2017 (Flagstaff, AZ, du 18/05/2017 au 19/05/2017).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/185025

Todirascu, Amalia ; François, Thomas ; Bernhard, Delphine ; Gala, Nuria ; Ligozat, Anne-Laure. Are Cohesive Features Relevant for Text Readability Evaluation?. COLING 2016 (Osaka, du 13/12/2016 au 16/12/2016). In: Proceedings of COLING 2016, 2016, p. 987-997.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/199387

François, Thomas ; Billami, Mokhtar ; Gala, Núria ; Bernhard, Delphine. Bleu, contusion, ecchymose : tri automatique de synonymes en fonction de leur difficulté de lecture et compréhension. Conférence conjointe JEP-TALN-RECITAL 2016 (Paris, du 04/07/2016 au 08/07/2016). In: Actes de la conférence conjointe JEP-TALN-RECITAL 2016, Association pour le Traitement Automatique des Langues: Paris, France, 2016, p. 15-28.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193885

Müller, Adeline ; François, Thomas ; Roekhaut, Sophie ; Fairon, Cédrick. Classification automatique de dictées selon leur niveau de difficulté de compréhension et orthographique. Conférence conjointe JEP-TALN-RECITAL 2016 (Paris, du 04/07/2016 au 08/07/2016). In: Actes de la conférence conjointe JEP-TALN-RECITAL 2016, Association pour le Traitement Automatique des Langues: Paris, France, 2016, p. 372-380.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193886

Brognaux, Sandrine ; François, Thomas ; Saerens, Marco. Combining manual and automatic prosodic annotation for expressive speech synthesis. 10th International Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC 2016) (Portorož, Slovenia, du 23/05/2016 au 28/05/2016). In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2016), 2016. 978-2-9517408-9-1, 3872-3879.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/187105

Tack, Anaïs ; François, Thomas ; Ligozat, Anne-Laure ; Fairon, Cédrick. Evaluating Lexical Simplification and Vocabulary Knowledge for Learners of French: Possibilities of Using the FLELex Resource. The 10th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2016) (Portorož, Slovenia, du 23/05/2016 au 28/05/2016). In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2016), European Language Resources Association (ELRA): Paris, France, 2016. 978-2-9517408-9-1, 230-236.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/173514

Bibauw, Serge ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet. Instructional design and natural language processing in dialogue-based CALL. CALICO 2016 (East Lansing, MI, du 11/05/2016 au 13/05/2016).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/175660

Lemaire, Nathalie ; François, Thomas ; Debongnie, Jean-Claude ; De Meyere, Damien ; Fauquert, Benjamin ; Klein, Thierry ; Fairon, Cédrick ; Van Campenhoudt, Marc. L’enrichissement terminologique d’usage du projet iMediate : une collaboration tripartite terminologie/TALN/sciences de la santé. Second Congrès international du Réseau de Lexicographie (RELEX) (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, du 05/10/2015 au 07/10/2015). In: La terminologie, un besoin pour la société actuelle, 2016.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/184536

Tack, Anaïs ; François, Thomas ; Ligozat, Anne-Laure ; Fairon, Cédrick. Modèles adaptatifs pour prédire automatiquement la compétence lexicale d'un apprenant de français langue étrangère. La 23ème Conférence sur le Traitement Automatique des Langues Naturelles (JEP-TALN-RECITAL 2016) (Paris, France, du 04/07/2016 au 08/07/2016). In: Actes de la 23ème Conférence sur le Traitement Automatique des Langues Naturelles (TALN 2016), ATALA: Paris, 2016, 221-234.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/173846

François, Thomas ; Volodina, Elena ; Pilán, Ildikó ; Tack, Anaïs. SVALex: a CEFR-graded Lexical Resource for Swedish Foreign and Second Language Learners. Tenth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2016) (Portorož, Slovenia, du 23/05/2016 au 28/05/2016). In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2016), European Language Resources Association (ELRA): Paris, France, 2016. 978-2-9517408-9-1, p. 213-219.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193883

Volodina, Elena ; Pilán, Ildikó ; Llozhi, Lorena ; Degryse, Baptiste ; François, Thomas. SweLLex: second language learners’ productive vocabulary. Joint workshop on NLP for Computer Assisted Language Learning and NLP for Language Acquisition (Umeå, Sweden, 16/11/2016). In: Proceedings of the joint workshop on NLP for Computer Assisted Language Learning and NLP for Language Acquisition, LiU Electronic Press : Umeå, Sweden, 2016, p. 76-84.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193888

Gailly, Benoît ; Biga Diambeidou, Mahamadou ; Gnekpe, Drigba Lorka ; François, Thomas ; Watrin, Patrick ; de Viron, Françoise. Using Natural Language Processing in Entrepreneurship Research: Exploring the Perceived Benefits of Business Incubation. ICSB World Conference (Washington, USA, du 15/06/2016 au 18/06/2016). In: ICSB World Conference Proceedings, International Council for Small Business (ICSB), 2016, p. 1-12.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/255698

De Meyere, Damien ; Klein, Thierry ; François, Thomas ; Debongnie, Jean-Claude ; Radulescu, Cristina ; Mbengo, Nicole ; Ouro Koura, Maliki ; Coppieters 't Wallant, Yves ; Fairon, Cédrick. Automatic annotation of medical reports using SNOMED-CT: a flexible approach based on medical knowledge databases. 7th Language & Technology Conference: Human Language Technologies as a Challenge for Computer Science and Linguistics (Poznań, Poland, du 27/11/2015 au 29/11/2015). In: Proceedings of the 7th Language & Technology Conference, Fundacja Uniwersytetu im. A. Mickiewicza: Poznań, Poland, 2015. 978-83-932640-8-7, p. 519-523.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/171882

Bibauw, Serge ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet. Conversational agents for language learning: state of the art and avenues for research on task-based agents. CALICO 2015 (Boulder, CO, du 27/05/2015 au 29/05/2015).

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/175657

Bibauw, Serge ; François, Thomas ; Desmet, Piet. Dialogue-based CALL: an overview of existing research. EUROCALL 2015 (Padova, du 27/08/2015 au 29/08/2015). In: Critical CALL – Proceedings of the 2015 EUROCALL Conference, Padova, Italy, Research-publishing.net, Research-publishing.net: Dublin, 2015. 978-1-908416-29-2, p. 57-64. doi:10.14705/rpnet.2015.000310. doi:10.14705/rpnet.2015.000310.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/175652

Gala, Núria ; Billami, Mokhtar B. ; François, Thomas ; Bernhard, Delphine. Graded lexicons: new resources for educational purposes and much more. EUROCALL 2015. In: Critical CALL – Proceedings of the 2015 EUROCALL Conference, Padova, Italy, Research-publishing.net, 2015. 978-1-908416-29-2, p. 204-209. doi:10.14705/rpnet.2015.000334.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193881

François, Thomas ; Brouwers, Laetitia ; Naets, Hubert ; Fairon, Cédrick. AMesure: une formule de lisibilité pour les textes administratifs. 21e Conférence sur le Traitement automatique des Langues Naturelles (TALN 2014) (Marseille, du 01/07/2014 au 04/07/2014). In: Actes de la 21e Conférence sur le Traitement automatique des Langues Naturelles (TALN 2014), 2014, p. 467-472.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/155658

François, Thomas. An analysis of a French as a Foreign language corpus for readability assessment . 3rd workshop on NLP for Computer-assisted Language Learning (Uppsala, 13/11/2014). In: Proceedings of the 3rd workshop on NLP for Computer-assisted Language Learning (NEALT Proceedings Series 22 / Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings; 107), Linköping University Electronic Press, 2014. 978-91-7519-175-1, p. 13-32.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/152560

François, Thomas. FLELex : a graded lexical resource for French foreign learners. International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (Reykjavik, Iceland, du 26/05/2014 au 31/05/2014). In: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'14), 2014. 978-2-9517408-8-4.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/213617

François, Thomas ; Gala, Nuria. FLELex: a graded lexical resource for French foreign learners. 9th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2014) (Reykjavik, du 26/05/2014 au 31/05/2014). In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2014), 2014.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/155647

Pho, Van-Minh ; André, Thibault ; Ligozat, Anne-Laure ; Grau, B. ; Illouz, G. ; François, Thomas. Multiple Choice Question Corpus Analysis for Distractor Characterization. 9th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2014) (Reykjavik, du 26/05/2014 au 31/05/2014). In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2014), 2014. 978-2-9517408-8-4, p. 4284-4291.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/147323

Brouwers, Laetitia ; Bernhard, Delphine ; Ligozat, Anne-Laure ; François, Thomas. Syntactic Sentence Simplification for French. 3rd International Workshop on Predicting and Improving Text Readability for Target Reader Populations (Gothenburg, Sweden, 27/04/2014). In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Predicting and Improving Text Readability for Target Reader Populations, Association for Computational Linguistics, 2014, p. 47-56.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/152561

Gala, Nuria ; François, Thomas ; Bernhard, Delphine ; Fairon, Cédrick. Un modèle pour prédire la complexité lexicale et graduer les mots. 21e Conférence sur le Traitement automatique des Langues Naturelles (TALN 2014) (Marseille, du 01/07/2014 au 04/07/2014). In: Actes de la 21e Conférence sur le Traitement automatique des Langues Naturelles (TALN 2014), 2014, p. 91-102.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/155659

Boubel, Noémi ; François, Thomas ; Naets, Hubert. Automatic extraction of contextual valence shifters. International Conference Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing RANLP 2013 (Hissar, Bulgaria). In: Proceedings of Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing, Incoma Ltd. Shoumen: Hissar, Bulgaria, 2013, p. 98-104.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/152557

Todirascu, Amalia ; François, Thomas ; Gala, Nuria ; Fairon, Cédrick ; Ligozat, Anne-Laure ; Bernhard, Delphine. Coherence and Cohesion for the Assessment of Text Readability. 10th International Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Science (NLPCS 2013) (Marseille, du 15/10/2013 au 17/10/2013). In: Proceedings of 10th International Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Science (NLPCS 2013). Marseille, 2013, p. 11-19.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/156000

Gala, Nuria ; François, Thomas ; Fairon, Cédrick. Towards a French lexicon with difficulty measures: NLP helping to bridge the gap between traditional dictionaries and specialized lexicons.. Electronic lexicography in the 21st century: thinking outside the paper (eLEX-2013) (Tallinn, du 17/10/2013 au 19/10/2013). In: Proceedings of Electronic lexicography in the 21st century: thinking outside the paper (eLEX-2013), Trojina, Institute for Applied Slovene Studies/Eesti Keele Instituut: Ljubljana/Tallinn, 2013, p. 132-151.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/155997

François, Thomas ; Fairon, Cédrick. An “AI readability” formula for French as a foreign language. 2012 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP 2012) (Jeju, du 12/07/2012 au 14/07/2012). In: Proceedings of the 2012 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP 2012), 2012. 978-1-937284-43-5, 466-477.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/117714

François, Thomas ; Miltsakaki, Eleni. Do NLP and machine learning improve traditional readability formulas?. First Workshop on Predicting and improving text readability for target reader populations (PITR2012) (Montréal, 07/06/2012). In: Proceedings of the First Workshop on Predicting and improving text readability for target reader populations (PITR2012), 2012. 978-1-937284-20-6.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/119731

Brouwers, Laetitia ; Bernhard, Delphine ; Ligozat, Anne-Laure ; François, Thomas. Simplification syntaxique de phrases pour le français. conférence conjointe JEP-TALN-RECITAL 2012 (Grenoble, du 04/06/2012 au 07/06/2012). In: Actes de la conférence conjointe JEP-TALN-RECITAL 2012, 2012.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/119736

Watrin, Patrick ; François, Thomas. An N-gram frequency database reference to handle MWE extraction in NLP applications. 2011 Workshop on MultiWord Expressions: from Parsing and Generation to the Real World (ACL Workshop) (Portland, Oregon, 23/06/2011). In: Proceedings of the 2011 Workshop on MultiWord Expressions: from Parsing and Generation to the Real World (ACL Workshop), 2011, p. 83-91.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/122559

François, Thomas ; Watrin, Patrick. On the contribution of MWE-based features to a readability formula for French as a foreign language. 8th International Conference on Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing, RANLP 2011 (Hissar, du 12/09/2011 au 14/09/2011). In: Proceedings of Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP 2011). Bovorets, 2011, 441-447.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/117710

François, Thomas ; Watrin, Patrick. Quel apport des unités polylexicales dans une formule de lisibilité pour le français langue étrangère ?. 18e Conférence sur le Traitement automatique des Langues Naturelles (TALN 2011) (Montpellier, du 27/06/2011 au 01/07/2011). In: Actes de la 18e Conférence sur le Traitement automatique des Langues Naturelles (TALN 2011), 2011, 15-20.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/120798

Cougnon, Louise-Amélie ; François, Thomas. Quelques contributions des statistiques à l'analyse sociolinguistique d'un corpus de SMS. In: Statistical Analysis of Textual Data, Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto: Milan, 2010, p. 619-630.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/73071

Goldman, Jean-Philippe ; François, Thomas ; Roekhaut, Sophie ; Simon, Anne-Catherine. Étude statistique de la durée pausale dans différents styles de parole. XXVIIIèmes journées d'étude sur la parole (JEP 2010) (Mons, 25-28 mai 2010). In: Actes des 28èmes journées d'étude sur la parole (JEP), 2010, 161-164.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/81909

François, Thomas. Combining a Statistical Language Model with Logistic Regression to Predict the Lexical and Syntactic Difficulty of Texts for FFL. EACL 2009 Student Research Workshop (Athens, du 02/04/2009 au 02/04/2009). In: Proceedings of the EACL 2009 Student Research Workshop, 2009, p. 19-27.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/122567

François, Thomas. Modèles statistiques pour l'estimation automatique de la difficulté de textes de FLE. Rencontre des Etudiants Chercheurs en Informatique pour le Traitement Automatique des Langues (RECITAL 2009) (Senlis, 2009). In: Actes de RECITAL 2009, 2009, 1-10.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/81911

François, Thomas. Les apports du traitement automatique des langues à la lisibilité du français langue étrangère, prom. : Fairon, Cédrick ; Simon, Anne-Catherine, 24/10/2011.

http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/92162