EasyEnglish
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What is EasyEnglish?
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A principled way of producing simple
English texts
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A reduced vocabulary and reduced
grammar — but perfectly good standard
English
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Geared to people who have some, but not
a great deal of English
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Grammar
• No passive verbs
• No rhetorical questions
• Verbs rather than abstract nouns
• Two clauses per sentence
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Production materials
EE is produced using:
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EasyEnglish Lexicon
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EasyEnglish Authors’ Handbook
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EasyEnglish Checking Software
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Purpose
WA (UK) is producing
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Bible translation in EasyEnglish
 Bible commentaries in EasyEnglish
 Bible studies in EasyEnglish
This is one of many WA (UK) ministries
— for more info about WA, see
www.wycliffeassociates.org.uk
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Customers
We write at two levels for different
audiences
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1200 word lexicon – “Level A”
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2800 word lexicon – “Level B”
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EasyEnglish Commentaries
Purpose: To help Church Leaders
and Pastors with
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Personal Devotions
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Sermon Preparation
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Bible Study Materials
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EasyEnglish Commentaries
Checked by:
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Theological Checkers
Linguistic Checkers (with a degree in
English + TESOL/TEFL qualification)
 61 books finished and on the web
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EasyEnglish Bible Translation
• 63 books on the web
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Publicity and Distribution
We gladly supply our materials free
of charge for others to print out and
use
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EasyEnglish Website
www.easyenglish.info
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CDs — contact WA for details
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