The Future of Education

Text simplification, a linguistic concept dedicated to enhancing the understanding of written texts, is very important within educational contexts. The improvement of text understanding can be achieved through various strategies, such as grammatical, lexical or topical simplification. Presently, digital platforms, like ChatGPT, offer automatic text simplification, yet the efficacy of these simplifications remains untested. This paper aims to investigate the effectiveness of AI-generated text simplifications of some excerpts taken from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer across multiple criteria, including readability scores, vocabulary complexity, sentence structure and coherence. The study uses widely accepted readability scores, such as Flesch-Kincaid and Coleman-Liau, to assess the impact of simplification on text comprehension. In addition, vocabulary complexity is analyzed using criteria like average word length, lexical diversity and the frequency of uncommon words. The evaluation of sentence structures involves an assessment of complexity, while coherence is established by analyzing the logical progression of ideas. This research intends to deepen the understanding of AI-driven text simplification, providing applications for teachers, language learners and those needing accessible literary content.