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	Simplified Spelling Society : Simplified Global English. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		When less than 50% of native born speakers can spell English words with confidence, it should not be surprising that those trying to learn English as a 2nd language have difficulties writing it.
		English is said to be a Germanic language because the high frequency function words are of German and Norse origin.
		English is so inconsistently spelled that over 50% of the words in the dictionary would have to be respelled to restore the alphabet.
	www.spellingsociety.org /journals/j31/global.php (1357 words)

	Effect of a Simplified English Language Dictionary on a Reading Test - NCEO LEP Report 1
		However, in the United States where students are in an English as a second language setting, bilingual dictionaries may not always be the best choice, particularly for individual students who may not be literate or may not have received any education in their first language.
		English language dictionaries tend to give more detailed explanation about the function of words in context; however, the number and depth of entries and illustrations are not equal across dictionary versions.
		A simplified English dictionary was used, as opposed to a Hmong Bilingual dictionary because most Hmong background LEP students have limited literacy in their first language.
	education.umn.edu /nceo/OnlinePubs/LEP1.html (2962 words)

	Simplified English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Simplified English is a controlled language originally developed for aerospace industry maintenance manuals.
		Simplified English has a lexicon of approved words and those words can only be used in certain ways.
		Simplified English is sometimes used as a generic term for a controlled language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simplified_English (341 words)

	Simplified English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Simplified English, or Plain Language, becomes the adapter for businesses most ready to meet the challenges facing the future of global e-commerce.
		Today's English is a reflection of America's history and the "melting pot" that makes up the population of the United States, so translation software must key on words and phrases from multiple sources at once.
		Simplified English was originally used in maintenance manuals so non-English speaking employees would understand them more readily.
	ideal-group.org /articles/simplified_english.htm (1265 words)

	What is a controlled language or Simplified Technical English?
		ASD Simplified Technical English is the result of the efforts of AECMA (European Association for Aerospace Industries) and AIA (Aerospace Industries Association of America) to create a controlled language for maintenance documentation used in the aerospace and defense industries.
		Simplified Technical English is derived from an aerospace and defense standard, which applies to almost all standards that we know today, as these industries are subject to the highest levels of quality and safety and involve technology from most industries.
		Because Simplified Technical English is based on an aerospace and defense standard, it is strict by nature with 57 writing rules and a limited vocabulary of approx.
	www.simplifiedenglish.net /en/ste/what_is_simplified_technical_english.asp (1065 words)

	Basic English Found on the Web
		Basic English, produced by Mr C. Ogden of the Orthological Institute, is a simple form of the English language which, with 850 words, is able to give the sense of anything which may be said in English.
		Basic English is something of a deviation from our general discussion, as it was a deviation from the general development of constructed languages.
		Basic English was developed by Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957) as an ‘international language' and as a system for teaching English to speakers of other languages using a simplified vocabulary of 850 words.
	ogden.basic-english.org /beweb.html (3229 words)

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		Basic English is a constructed language with a small number of words created by Charles Kay Ogden and described in his book Basic English: A General Introduction with Rules and Grammar (1930).
		Basic English (where "Basic" stands for "British American Scientific International Commercial") is a subset of English with a base vocabulary of 850 words, propounded by C. Ogden in 1929.
		It is simply a subset of English, containing about 850 of the commonest words, with which is it possible to express most of the requirements of everyday life.
	www.lycos.com /info/basic-english.html (274 words)

	FAQ_Simplified_English
		Simplified English is a controlled form of English used by technical and professional writers worldwide.
		Simplified English was originally developed by the aeronautics industry.
		Simplified English is often called basic English, global English, plain English and controlled English.
	www.wsu.edu /~mejia/FAQ_Simplified_English.htm (806 words)

	Globish (Parallel English with neat spelling) - M N Gogate's web site
		But the English grammar defines short-long vowels differently --- a-e-i-o-u are short in (at, egg, it, of, up) and they are long, when they sound like names of symbols, as in (age, english, idea, open, unit).
		It is English, with reformed spellings, easy enough for common people, using small symbols (a, b, c, d, e, f) etc, no capitals, three dots at the end of a sentence, no diacritics, with grammar and vocabulary as in English.
		English is a world language, which is its strength and paradoxically its weakness.
	www.mngogate.com /e02.htm (3258 words)

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		Many readers have a knowledge of English that is limited, and are easily confused by complex sentence structures and by the number of meanings and synonyms which English words can have.
		AECMA Simplified English was developed to help the users of English-language documentation in the aerospace sector understand what they read, particularly in multinational programs.
		It is not only for those who do not have English as their native language, but also for those who do.
	www.simplifiedenglish-aecma.org /Simplified_English.htm (889 words)

	Simplifed_English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Simplified English is a type of technical English used to make documents easy to read.
		Simplified English was originally developed to help writers in the aerospace industry.
		Simplified English starts with a core vocabulary of about 1000 words in a specific field and a number of grammar rules.
	www.wsu.edu /~mejia/Simplified_English.htm (141 words)

	Simplified English makes your documents readable for people who have limited experience with English
		Simplified English makes your documents readable for people who have limited experience with English.
		Originally developed for the aircraft industry, Simplified English (or Standard Simplified English) is an approach to writing and editing documents that uses restricted vocabulary and standardized sentence and paragraph structure.
		"Simplified English" is an approach to writing (particularly manuals) which uses a restricted vocabulary and careful attention to parts of speech and sentence structure to make English easier for inexperienced readers.
	www.magma.ca /~raksim/obtwp/simplifiedenglish.htm (194 words)

	Spelling reform - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While English spelling was relatively systematic during the Middle English period, the shift to modern English involved undergoing a Great Vowel Shift and many other changes in phonology.
		Spelling reform is parodied in "A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling"[1], which is variously attributed to Mark Twain, who was actually a supporter of reform, and to M J Shields.
		The Russian orthography was simplified by eliminating four obsolete letters and the archaic usage of the letter yer (hard sign) at the ends of words, which had originally been a vowel with a sound similar to schwa, but had become silent by the 20th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simplified_spelling (2580 words)

	UK Professor Develops New Method Of Teaching English
		With the support of a Fulbright grant, he compared the fluency of a group of students instructed in Transitional English to the fluency of a group of students who had taken traditional English instruction.
		Looking at scores on English tests, he found that his beginning group of Transitional English students scored 80 percent of what intermediate and advanced students scored on the same test.
		He needed to learn English well enough to find work as soon as possible, but took about a year to learn it well enough to get by on his own.
	www.uky.edu /PR/News/Archives/1999/OCT99/transenglish.htm (809 words)

	Voice Recognition and simplified English
		English is very simple compared to other languages such as French, Spanish, German, Italian, etc. All have several pages in their grammar textbooks devoted to the conjugations needed for the subjunctive mood.
		English, though, does have it’s idiosyncrasies which are difficult for foreigners, as well as for voice recognition software, to cope with, including spelling and associated pronunciation.
		I have taught "English for Foreigners" for 20 years (my wheelchair existence did not affect that, in fact it may have even helped) to students on all levels, from beginners to highly advanced technical experts.
	e-bility.com /articles/weblish.shtml (1765 words)

	lim \| monitor \| article: Boeing’s Simplified English Checker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The English Test Language (etl), Process Planning English (ppe), and Airworthiness, Reliability, and Maintainability (arms) projects are all clearly related to the processes of building and maintaining aircraft and involve, broadly speaking, marrying natural language interfaces and plain-English programming to knowledge-based systems.
		It was developed by the group to help Boeing technical writers adhere to Boeing’s contractual commitment to European airlines to produce its documentation in Simplified English (se), an international standard originally defined for the aerospace industry by the Association Européene des Constructeurs de Matérial Aérospatiale (aecma).
		English is the official language of the aerospace industry — Boeing’s manuals are not translated — and aecma’s Simplifled English is designed to make aircraft documentation easier to read, especially for non-native speakers of English.
	www.lim.nl /monitor/boeing.html (1706 words)

	The Simplified Spelling Society. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The effects of dyslexia are made worse by the chaotic English spelling.
		The Spelling Bee (BeeMan visits Spelling Bee) is unknown in countries with phonetic (or should that not be "fonetic"?) spelling.
		The updating of English spelling would be of benefit to many more than just the Anglo-Saxon world, but also the world of TEFL where other languages are spoken in addition to English.
	www.spellingsociety.org (183 words)

	AECMA in E-Learning, Simplified English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		AECMA Simplified English (SE) consists of a limited vocabulary and a set of grammar rules intended to increase the readability of technical text.
		Simplified English was developed to help the users of English-language documentation to understand what they read.
		However, SE is not only for those who do not have English as their native language, but also for those who do.
	www.inxsol.com /aecma.htm (150 words)

	Simplified English? - Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Simplified spelling is not always shorter than regular spelling — sistem instead of system, hoep instead of hope.
		English isn't that terribly difficult to learn and use efficiently, I don't see why it should be altered into that incoherent babbling.
		We shouldn't be adapting to this intellectual inadequacy that plagues us, we should be fixing it, parents should read to their children at night like my parents read to me, they should read books in general, they should raise school standards, bring back discipline for cripe's sake.
	forums.eyesonff.com /showthread.php?t=88067 (2261 words)

	Amazon.com: English Simplified (11th Edition): Books: Blanche Ellsworth,John A. Higgins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		English Simplified is a concise—only 64 pages—and inexpensive grammar handbook that covers every aspect of grammar and usage, as well as paragraphs, essays, and an introduction to research and documentation.
		English Simplified has long been the choice of instructors searching for a brief, inexpensive, easy–to–use handbook.
		English Simplified, 10/e continues to provide comprehensive coverage of grammar and usage, and also includes new material: tips for ESL writers, easy–to–read tables that clarify verb tenses and forms, expanded coverage of word choice, the latest updates on documentation style, and expanded material on note taking, source evaluation, and avoiding plagiarism.
	www.amazon.com /English-Simplified-11th-Blanche-Ellsworth/dp/0321410696 (1333 words)

	English to Simplified Chinese translation information
		Language Tips: The Simplified Chinese characters were officially introduced in the People’s Republic of China in the 1950s and 1960s.
		In the simplified version, the characters are generally the same as traditional Chinese characters, with the exception of numbers higher than 10 000.
		Where a choice must be made, foreign addresses should remain in English script, Chinese addresses should be translated.
	www.a2ztranslate.com /simplifiedchinesetranslation.asp (320 words)

	Global English
		In Crystal’s terms, English can be made to operate in both capacities: it can operate as what he terms World Standard Spoken English and it can appear in the guise of "New Englishes," as English dialects made local, indigenous, and informal.
		So, "Global English" here is more or less shorthand for English in use around the world in the latter half of the twentieth century (he does write about the new technologies).
		The phrase is basically an impossible literalism in that Global English does not exist per se, yet one might still imagine and speak of a moment in which it could be a so-termed ‘common language’ for the world.
	victorian.fortunecity.com /vangogh/555/Spell/global-English.htm (1393 words)

	Simplified English?!
		Thae [people who advocate Simplified Spelling and protest the Spelling Bee Competitions] sae th bee selebraets th ability of a fue stoodents to master a dificult sistem that stumps meny utherz hoo cuud do just as wel if speling were simpler.
		English has a lot fewer characters (esp. considering that a short list are almost never used - J,X,Z especially); vowels sound completely different depending on context; "c" has multiple sounds depending on context; "f", "ph", "gh", etc. all represent the same sound; often letters are completely silent; and there are hundreds of strange spelling rules.
		The rules of English spelling are haphazardly applied because so many words are loanwords, especially from French.
	www.physicsforums.com /showthread.php?t=125362 (1403 words)

	Boeing Management Company - Products
		No other Simplified English checker is as complete or accurate in support of Simplified English requirements.
		The Boeing Simplified English Checker analyzes text for compliance with mechanical aspects of the standard.
		The Boeing English Checker also catches some typological, grammatical, and stylistic errors that are not explicitly addressed in the SE standard.
	stores.engineering.com /boeing/products_engchecker_home.htm (204 words)

	Boeing: Phantom Works - Advanced R&D - Boeing Simplified English Checker - What Is Simplified Technical English?
		ASD Simplified Technical English (formerly AECMA Simplified English) is a writing standard for aerospace maintenance documentation.
		Developed primarily for non-native English speakers, it is also known to improve the readability of maintenance text for native speakers.
		While ASD Simplified Technical English is designed for use in aerospace maintenance documentation, controlled languages can be created for other writing domains.
	www.boeing.com /phantom/sechecker/se.html (294 words)

	English-Chinese Simplified-Chinese-Simplified for keygen Dictionaries-LingvoSoft Dictionary 2007 English <-> ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Chinese Simplified for Windows includes extended and corrected vocabulary, an advanced Spell-Check function that lets you find misspelled and incorrectly entered words, and a Synonyms Search function that lets you request a list of synonyms for a selected word.
		English, French, German, Spanish and Russian language interfaces are also available.
		Chinese Simplified for Windows is fully integrated with the other components of LingvoSoft Suite - LingvoSoft FlashCards and LingvoSoft PhraseBook.
	www.lingvosoft.com /LingvoSoft-Dictionary-English-Chinese-(Simplified)-for-Windows (841 words)

	Simplified English - key to successful internationalization
		It was developed to facilitate the use of maintenance manuals by non-native speakers of English.
		Simplified English has been developed by the aerospace industry and its customers to help the preparation of maintenance manuals that are both clear and unambiguous for English speakers and non-native English speakers alike.
		So, when Lotus advertises their SmartSuite 97 as one which "will be widely available in Global English from U.S. resellers," this means the product has been encoded in a language that all readers world-wide will find accessible.
	www.userlab.com /SE.html (672 words)

	Translating Simplified Chinese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		But, in Chinese communities in North America, it is often translated as a character which resembles its English pronunciation.
		To ensure our translators keep abreast of the language our Simplified Chinese translators live in-county and translate into their mother tongue.
		Only professional translators whose native language is Chinese perform our English to Simplified Chinese translation.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/simplified_chinese_translation.shtml (852 words)

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