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
MissionAssist is producing
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Bible translation in EasyEnglish
 Bible commentaries in EasyEnglish
 Bible studies in EasyEnglish
This is one of many MissionAssist
ministries — for more info, see
https://home.missionassist.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)
 All books finished and on the web
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EasyEnglish Bible Translation
• All books on the web
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