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Saturday, November 08, 2003
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
Accelerated Reader ATOS Summary: "Guiding students to appropriate-level books is now much easier and more accurate than ever before, thanks to the ATOS Readability Formula for Books. ATOS eliminates many of the problems educators have always had with existing readability formulas. ATOS is the first formula to include statistics from actual student book-reading (over 30,000 students, reading almost 1,000,000 books), not just data based on short test passages."
Sunday, November 02, 2003
Clear drafting in Sweden - a pdf file (4 pp)
In the very heart of the Swedish legislative process there are five linguists who encourage the government officials to use a plain language approach in their drafting.
Acts and ordinances, bills and commission reports must be clear and user-friendly. These texts have an impact on decision-making at all levels of society. A democracy must ensure openness and clarity within the public administration and guarantee that documents are
written in a way that meets the readers’ needs.
In addition to the linguists there is also a special committee in the Ministry of Justice, The Plain Swedish Group, which encourages Swedish authorities to start plain language projects.
In the very heart of the Swedish legislative process there are five linguists who encourage the government officials to use a plain language approach in their drafting.
Acts and ordinances, bills and commission reports must be clear and user-friendly. These texts have an impact on decision-making at all levels of society. A democracy must ensure openness and clarity within the public administration and guarantee that documents are
written in a way that meets the readers’ needs.
In addition to the linguists there is also a special committee in the Ministry of Justice, The Plain Swedish Group, which encourages Swedish authorities to start plain language projects.
The Plain Swedish Group
It is a legal requirement that the authorities must endeavour to express themselves in a way that is easy to understand. Clear and intelligible information promotes democracy, saves money and increases people’s confidence in the authorities.
Therefore, in 1993, the Swedish government set up the Plain Swedish Group in order to promote clear and simple language in official documents and to encourage government agencies all over Sweden to start plain language projects.
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