What is the best thing to call hard English texts? I mean texts that are hard language-wise, and for example are very hard for non-native readers.
Texts with hard English?
Texts with a hard English?
Texts with heavy English?
Tough English texts?
What is the best thing to call hard English texts? I mean texts that are hard language-wise, and for example are very hard for non-native readers.
Texts with hard English?
Texts with a hard English?
Texts with heavy English?
Tough English texts?
I would suggest Challenging English texts or advanced English texts
As a native English speaker, if I were to see something like this on a foreign language learning site, I would expect to see them described in English as:
Which one you want will depend on context.
Advanced does not literally mean "hard," but it indicates that they are for use by advanced students of the language only, and the implication is that the language is difficult.
Challenging indicates that they will be a challenge for the reader, but also has a positive implication: a challenge can be a good thing; a difficulty or hardship is a bad thing.
Formal language is an expression used to describe a text, speech... that is elegantly composed using pertinent words. It is usually used for literature and poetry.
The contemporary definitions for formal language from the dictionary reference is:
any language that is ceremonial or using a "high" register or hard words, such as a sermon, lecture, or poetry
So, it is indeed hard language-wise, and very hard for non-native readers.
In your case you would say: A formal English text.