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Ogden's Basic English
VOA SPECIAL ENGLISH

VOA Special English is a simplified English language used by Voice of America in daily broadcast. The news is read slowly and using a limited wordlist of about 1500 words. Charles Kay Ogden recommended radio news be given in Basic English with the appropriate Basic special radio vocabulary add-on. VOA Special English, although intended for telling news around the world, has the additional benefit of allowing English to be learned and for pronunciation to be polished.

Web sites

VOA - Voice of America   click
VOA "Special English" provides clear and simple news and information to listeners whose own language is not English. Using a 1,500 word vocabulary and a slow delivery, about 90 words a minute, Special English has helped tens of millions of listeners learn English since its first broadcast on October 19, 1959"

• OnLine Listening to VOA requires RealAudio software. Some downloads are in MP3 format.
  • RealAudio download is free, but you have to click on "free download" on several pages to get it. The free version will generate ongoing advertizing to your PC. The paid version (US$20) probably will not add new ads/spam. It is a large download, about 7MB.
  • To get started :
    http://www.voanews.com/SpecialEnglish   and click on "Listen Now" or select a topic or search the Archives.
    Or, http://www.voaspecialenglish.com. Also has TV demo with subtitles.
  • New Dynamic English . On September 26, 2002, Voice of America began the rebroadcast of New Dynamic English and Functioning in Business, the two English courses created by DynEd International as part of their comprehensive English-language teaching program. Each series will last 26 weeks. The 25-minute programs will be broadcast daily throughout the world. These two English teaching programs air during the half-hour before each Special English broadcast.
        Time and Frequency
  • Another, VoiceAmerica.com internet is not VOA and neither special nor Basic English, but seems to be spoken more slowly than normal radio.
• Special English vs. Basic English
• Special English Games -
  There are many international sites offering Special English as a training medium. Try doing a web search for "Special English" + [the native language of interest] .
  Reference
  • Words Used in VOA Special English
  • VOA Special English -- home page for Special English bureau.
        Time and Frequency.
  • Complete Vocabulary -
      Please credit VOA Special English & Voice of America in any reuse of this word list.

  BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation.
  

  The BBC offers online aid in learning English.

  • World Service - Learning English
  • You Me Us - see Learning
  • BBC Simile - solve language problems
  • British Council - home page, not much

  Internet

  • LexFiles - a few good links
  • Radio by Internet - English Club, listening
  • History of Basic English - brief
  • Lostory's Special English - good history towards bottom of page.
  • I-Love-English -links for learning/listening to English. From Tailand.
  • Listening Express - VOA links, oriental source
  • English as a Second Language - a few links.
    This site illustrates my concern with most ESL as containing agendas of other stuff than just learning acceptable English as quickly as possible. I tend to overlook ESL sites. This one is okay.
  • Study Saint - Software, Spanish, I've not tested.
  
  Specialized English - Approximately Special English, home page.

  An organization utilizing Special English and will do work for you.

  • Specialized English - word list.
  • Comparison of Specialized English with VOA Special English
  • Specialized English - links
  • Examples from : Specialized English web site.
    The British English way of writing words, where there is difference with American English.

    American > British
    airplane > aeroplane apologize > apologise archeology > archaeology	baptize > baptise behavior > behaviour   center > centre	color > colour cooperate > co-operate criticize > criticise
    gram > gramme gray > grey honor > honour	humor > humour labor > labour meter > metre	organize > organise recognize > recognise specialize > specialise

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  About this Page: VOA.html -- VOA Special English is available on on the internet and on the short-wave radio using 1,500 words.
  Last updated December 1, 2002 - add RealAudio
  URL: http://www.basic-english.org/learn/voa.html