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Titel der Veröffentlichung: Textoptimierte Prüfungsaufgaben - ein Weg zu Chancengleichheit bei schriftlichen Prüfungen

Adapting language in examination questions - one route to equality of opportunity in written examinations

Written examinations place high demands on trainees, both in terms of subject knowledge and language. Keeping language requirements low can benefit trainees with lower levels of reading and writing skills in specialist examinations.

The authors have been able to demonstrate that trainees with hearing or speech disabilities correctly answered language adapted (text adapted) questions 20% faster and made fewer errors than was the case with identical questions in terms of content which had not been language adapted. Language adaptation thus constitutes an effective way of compensating for the disadvantage of having lower levels of German reading and writing skills.