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EasyEnglish Presentation

EasyEnglish Presentation. Martin Lloyd. What is EasyEnglish?. It has a reduced lexicon and reduced grammar - but is perfectly good standard English. It is a principled way of producing simple English texts. It is designed for people who have some, but not a great deal of English.

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EasyEnglish Presentation

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  1. EasyEnglish Presentation Martin Lloyd Wycliffe Associates UK

  2. What is EasyEnglish? • It has a reduced lexicon and reduced grammar - but is perfectly good standard English • It is a principled way of producing simple English texts • It is designed for people who have some, but not a great deal of English • for whom English is their second or third language Wycliffe Associates UK

  3. Grammar • No passives • No rhetorical questions • Verbs rather than abstract nouns • Two clauses per sentence Wycliffe Associates UK

  4. Production materials EE is produced using: • EasyEnglish Lexicon • EasyEnglish Grammatical manual • EasyEnglish Checking Software Wycliffe Associates UK

  5. Purpose WA (UK) is interested in producing • Bible commentaries • Translation helps • Other Christian materials Dr Raymond Brown’s Bible Guide Crossway Bible Guides (UCCP) To help Pastors and Mother Tongue Translators in their work To reach many more people with God’s Word Wycliffe Associates UK

  6. Customers We write at three levels for different audiences (LEE)Leaders EasyEnglish - with 2800 word lexicon - level B (TEE) Mother-tongue Translators- with 1200 word Lexicon - Level A (AEE)Accessible EasyEnglish - for people who have Learning Disabilities Wycliffe Associates UK

  7. Leaders EasyEnglish (LEE) Purpose: To help Church Leaders and Pastors with • Personal Devotions • Sermon Preparation • Bible Study Materials Wycliffe Associates UK

  8. Leaders EasyEnglish (LEE) Checked by: • Theological Checkers • Linguistic Checkers 29 books finished and on the internet with 8through Advanced Theological Checking Wycliffe Associates UK

  9. Translators EasyEnglish (TEE) TEE is mainly designed to give background support to Mother-tongue Translators. But it also gives easy to read materials suitable for: • encouraging and training Christians • evangelism and follow-up Wycliffe Associates UK

  10. Translators EasyEnglish (TEE) Checked by: • Theological Checkers • Linguistic Checkers 39 books finished and on the internet with 14through Advanced Exegetical Checking Wycliffe Associates UK

  11. Accessible EasyEnglish (AEE) Written for and field-tested with people having learning disabilities. Many organisations also use AEE for immigrants from non-Anglophone countries, who are starting to learn English. 5 collections on the web - 10 on CDs Wycliffe Associates UK

  12. Publicity and Distribution We gladly supply our materials free of charge for others to illustrate, culturally adapt, print out and use by: • Internet website • Emails and CDs www.easyenglish.info Wycliffe Associates UK

  13. Networking • AIM - Jan King- Kenya • CMS - Crowther Hall - UK • WBT - Lynn Wood - PNG • IEM - Director - India • SOON - Tony Whittaker - UK • SIM - Jim Mason - Canada Wycliffe Associates UK

  14. Other people writing EE • Director Translations, B Socy of India • David Angango - TWR, Kenya • June Whittaker - WEC, Ghana • Caroline Seed - CMS, Nigeria • Rev John Hibberd - evangelistic materials for Kenya • Moorlands College, UK Wycliffe Associates UK

  15. SIL/WBT • Key Terms for Biblical Hebrew - EasyEnglish have been asked to join this important SIL team - led by Richard Hoyle • Luke study questions - Katy Barnwell • More than 50 SIL members have requested EE CDs Wycliffe Associates UK

  16. SIL/WBT and WA UK Service & fellowship : • we have one expertise - EE • you have many • Vision 2025- ‘…together with others’ • We delight to be one of these ‘others’ Wycliffe Associates UK

  17. Feedback • China ..."...these appear to be at exactly the right level for some • of the congregation here. I would also appreciate your • permission to get these translated into Chinese...." • Croatia ...I have produced 15 copies of James and given them to • members of our church who know English. They loved it • and would like other books." • Ghana ..."I found your version of Esther extremely useful recently." Wycliffe Associates UK

  18. Response (hits) Wycliffe Associates UK

  19. Documents downloaded Wycliffe Associates UK

  20. Key features • Consistent simple English • Checked Theology • Free materials Wycliffe Associates UK

  21. Enabling • Mother Tongue Translators • Church leaders • Individual Christians Wycliffe Associates UK

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