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	VOA News - VOA Special English - English Learning
		Special English continues to communicate with people who are not fluent in English.
		Special English broadcasts to different parts of the world several times a day, seven days a week.
		From Iran: “The VOA Special English was a dream for me. I've never seen such a useful program in learning a foreign language.
	www.voanews.com /specialenglish/about_special_english.cfm (867 words)

	UCSB Department of English: Undergraduate Handbook, Section 5
		English 199 may NOT be used for internships, general interest reading, fulfillment of any part of the Option 2 language requirement, the exclusive or preponderant study of foreign literature in translation, or study that is normally available in regular classes.
		If you are interested in working with a regular faculty member whose area of specialization corresponds with your interests, but he or she has not included a description in the quarterly course outline booklet, you may wish to ask if they would be interested in sponsoring you as a research assistant.
		Sponsored by the Department, the English Club is organized to provide students with an opportunity to meet with one another outside of the classroom, to discuss academic subjects in an informal setting, to consider career options, and to meet with writers and journalists.
	english.ucsb.edu /undergrad/handbook/handbook-section5.asp (1180 words)

	English language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		English was spread to many parts of the world through the expansion of the British Empire, but it did not acquire a lingua franca status in other parts of the world until the late 20th century.
		English is also the most widely used language for young backpackers who travel across continents, regardless of whether it is their mother tongue or a secondary language.
		English as a lingua franca for Europe is a new variant of the English language created to become the common language in Europe, spoken in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/English_language (6325 words)

	Compare Basic English and Special English
		Granted this is preliminary, but comparing the "A, B, + Cs" only, Special English has fewer words, 310 vs. 353; we find about a 47% overlap of SpE with BE and with another 7% of variations on the same word - with VOA adding the verb form which Basic avoids: agree vs. agreement.
		Special English is a specialized version of simplified English with a bend towards international news and with roots in Basic English, but with almost half of its words specifically for international news.
		VOA Special English, with the slower delivery and enunciation, is still a fine means to recognize and pronounce good English.
	www.basic-english.org /learn/voavsbe.html (390 words)

	Iraq Museum International: Special English
		Special English is English limited to a 1,500-word vocabulary.
		Converting normal English text into well-written Special English is an art and science practiced every day by a team of only 14 people at VOA.
		In the News, in VOA Special English, was written by Cynthia Kirk.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /english (3942 words)

	Teaching of English Program: Course Listing
		A required course which focuses on practical aspects of teaching English, including lesson and unit plans, effective teaching strategies, evaluation and assessment, curriculum design, and integration of language arts.
		English is an increasingly mediated and technologized discipline.
		An examination of political and socio-cultural theories of language, literature, and composition that inform diverse ideological constructions of knowledge, curriculum, and pedagogy in English language arts education.
	www.tc.columbia.edu /a&h/englished/courses.asp (1205 words)

	Welcome to English Time
		English, second only to Chinese for the number of people who speak it, and second to no other for the number of people who are learning it, is a language that anyone, and everyone, can use to communicate.
		In English, both spoken and written, it is usual to use personal pronouns (I, you, we, they, he, she, it) when the context is already understood, or could easily be understood by reading the sentences that follow.
		For example, one does not normally use the word ‘she’ to refer to somebody if the person reading or hearing the sentence does not know who his or her partner is referring to.
	www.englishtime.us /learningenglish/LearningEnglish.aspx (998 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.
		Special English is a simplified English language used by Voice of America.
		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)

	Special support - In English - Myndigheten för Skolutveckling
		The use of the term "special support" instead of "special needs" is to widen the focus from the individual difficulties to the ambient environment and efforts at school.
		In the area of Special support there is, for instance, a report on the situation of the students in need of special support in Sweden.
		Särnät is funded by a number of municipalities, the National Agency for Education and the KK Foundation.
	www.skolutveckling.se /in_english/special_support (497 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Small vocabulary of Special English expands Voice of America reach
		Special English was developed nearly 50 years ago as a radio experiment to spread American news and cultural information to people outside the United States who have no knowledge of English or whose knowledge is limited.
		But far from sounding like a record played at the wrong speed, Special English is a complicated skill that takes months of training with a professional voice coach who teaches how to breathe properly and enunciate clearly.
		But at home, the Special English branch at Voice of America would support the use of its programming for recent immigrants in a bilingual model if the law did not prohibit it.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,640198874,00.html (453 words)

	BUSINESS ENGLISH COURSES, EXAMINATION ENGLISH, ENGLISH TESTS AND EXAMS
		The people for whom business English is most useful are probably those who are already working in businesses where English is necessary for some part of their work, and who have therefore had the opportunity to see what they can and can't do effectively in English.
		However, the English emphasis in these cases is a little different; such people need to study the world of business at the same time as they are learning the language - they are learning business in English, rather than English for business.
		In relation to the business world, English for Special Purposes would deal more with the terminology and expression which is specific to one particular area of business - and sometimes even to one task, such as producing the company's annual report.
	www.euroeducation.net /editor/business_english_courses (1492 words)

	English for special purposes - English for science and technology - education - Yemen Times
		Keith Jones and Peter Roe in their seminal paper “Designing English for Science and Technology” (1975) rightly point out that the central concern of EST is the accessibility of knowledge.
		English for science and technology is a variety of language usage.
		The most important purpose of English for science and technology is, so to say, not to show how beautifully one can write, how wide is one’s vocabulary, how varied is one’s sentence structure,but to focus on its referential,roles and functions.
	www.yementimes.com /article.shtml?i=830&p=education&a=2 (677 words)

	Why is English Special - Englishpage.com Forums
		English is special for a variety of reasons.
		English is a wedding of two most important world langauges (economic and political powers) namely German and French.
		English is complex in some respects and simple compared to other languages in other respects; as you've pointed out.
	www.englishpage.com /forums/showthread.php?p=13652 (603 words)

	English Nature - Special Areas of Conservation (SACs)
		Following this the 236 English sites on this list were formally designated as SACs by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 1 April 2005.
		English Nature ensures that copies of the relevant register entries, together with other supporting information, are sent to landowners, occupiers and other interested parties.
		Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) form part of a network of sites stretching across the whole of the European Union and are internationally recognised for the importance of their biodiversity.
	www.english-nature.org.uk /special/sac (896 words)

	VOA News - Special English Radio Programs
		Special English writers use short, simple sentences that contain only one idea.
		Special English broadcasters read at a slower pace, about two-thirds the speed of standard English.
		Each Special English broadcast is 30 minutes long.
	voanews.com /specialenglish/radio_programs.cfm (267 words)

	Special Topics Courses 1998-2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A study of the representation of women in recent films with special attention to film noire, "male gaze" theory, and responses to "male gaze" theory.
		Born eight years apart, both spent their professional lives in London as actors, poets, and playwrights; their plays, of similar genres and based on similar materials, were performed for the same audiences in the public theaters and at court.
		Voice is a study of how women narrators in selected works, both fiction and non-fiction, achieve authenticity and authority as story-tellers, make their rhetorical appeal to audience and manipulate their audience's response to story, and demonstrate a relationship to male authority that is often subversive.
	english.luther.edu /Courses/sptopics.html (4544 words)

	magdy edward / Learn English - VOA Special English
		Forty years later, VOA Special English continues to communicate with people who are not fluent in English.
		And VOA Special English is spoken at a slower pace, about two-thirds the speed of standard English.
		Through the years, VOA Special English has become a very popular tool for teaching English, even though it was not designed as teaching program.
	www.geocities.com /magedward/specialenglish.html (352 words)

	Rolling Stone : The English Beat: Special Beat Service : Music Reviews
		Rather than stick to their original formula–a winning blend of ska, reggae, progressive politics and sheer adrenalin–the English Beat have elected to experiment with a broad range of musical idioms on their third album, and in so doing, they reveal the full range of their formidable talents.
		Special Beat Service sparkles with surprising touches that might sound incongruous were it not for the Beat's ability to make them sound perfectly right.
		The English Beat may be more sophisticated and versatile than that band, but they seem to be playing music in much the same spirit these days.
	www.rollingstone.com /artists/theenglishbeat/albums/album/126110/review/5941258 (310 words)

	R-MC English Department: Special Programs
		For example, an English major who is interested in Journalism may supplement the intensive training in writing that is offered as part of the English major with a minor in Journalism.
		English majors who are interested in foreign study may elect to participate for a semester in the program that is offered for Randolph-Macon students at Wroxton College in Banbury, England.
		English majors planning to teach on the elementary or secondary level can meet certification requirements by taking the necessary courses offered at Randolph-Macon.
	www.rmc.edu /directory/academics/english/programs.asp (223 words)

	Special Courses
		In addition to regular language courses, several special courses are offered in response to student interest and need, and if instructors and classroom space are available.
		English Through Media - Media excerpts are used as a ‘textbook.' Students spend approximately 30 to 40 minutes of each class viewing videotapes...[More]
		English Through Reading -This course is designed for students who would like to improve their overall proficiency in English.
	www.un.org /depts/OHRM/sds/lcp/English/specialcourses.html (233 words)

	UW-Madison Special Collections: English & American Collections
		In addition to these named collections, other collections in the Department include first editions of major English and American authors, editions published during their lifetime, as well as works published before 1801.
		With some 5800 journals, 1200 received on current subscription, the collection is one of the most extensive of its kind in the U.S. The original collection was assembled by Dr. Marvin Sukov and acquired by the University of Wisconsin in 1959; new titles are added every year.
		The material is divided between Special Collections and the general stacks.
	www.library.wisc.edu /libraries/SpecialCollections/sceal.html (938 words)

	LWSD - District Programs - Special Services - English Language Learner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		While English is the basic language of instruction in the district’s schools, the district shall provide a transitional bilingual program for children whose primary language is not English, and whose English skills are sufficiently deficient or absent to impair learning.
		At the time of registration at a school, parents of students shall be asked to identify the principal language that is spoken in the home.
		Certain schools have been designated as English Language Learner sites and students will be placed at a school that is as close as possible to their neighborhood school.
	www.lkwash.wednet.edu /lwsd/html/programs/special_progs/english_language_learner.asp (163 words)

	Managing the English Program - Special Events
		The enthusiasm of teachers and students is lifted by special events to support and celebrate student learning in English.
		The English Department combined with the Technology Department to hold a celebration of the Creative Arts.
		English staff were informed about the event and asked to seek expressions of interest from students.
	wwwfp.education.tas.gov.au /english/specialevents.htm (920 words)

	International Programs: Special English Programs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Special programs can be designed for groups of international students or professionals during the summer months (June or July) for specific English purposes.
		These programs are specially designed to meet the academic and professional needs of the group.
		This 2-3 week course is geared toward non-native EFL teachers who need to improve their subject knowledge and who want to have a cultural experience in the USA.
	www2.mercer.edu /OIP/English (206 words)

	LD OnLine :: Working with Special English Needs Students? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		English meaning is carried 80% and more by the consonants (if you have ever seen or used speed-writing, which consists of writing only the consonants, you will know how this works).
		Just to make things worse, apparently there is a famous professor of ESL in China who has a new exciting miracle way of teaching conversational English, and his theory is to speak as fast as possible, so the students just run their mispronunciations together like an auctioneer, urk again.
		Your students may have had some of this bad introduction and may be copying their parents' accents, so you may have some of this to overcome too, although hopefully less.
	www.ldonline.org /xarbb/topic/11864 (910 words)

	BESIG: The Business English Special Interest Group of IATEFL
		BESIG, the Business English Special Interest Group of IATEFL, is a truly professional body representing the interests and serving the needs of the international business English teaching community.
		BESIG's members are mainly teachers of Business English and include both native and non-native speakers of English.
		BESIG is again holding a materials competition to recognise a person(s) who has achieved excellence through the development of practical business English teaching materials.
	www.besig.org (327 words)

	Rutgers English Graduate Studies
		The English Graduate Program is designed for students who wish to obtain the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
		Apart from the regular collections in the Rutgers library system (numbering over two million volumes), a special English Graduate Collection at Alexander Library (the central library) provides a permanent non-circulating reserve library of basic texts and important works of literary scholarship and criticism, and makes carrels available to Ph.D. students.
		English graduate students may also make use of the nearby Firestone Library at Princeton University, as well as the New York Public Library and the various university libraries in New York City, a 45-minute train ride away.
	english.rutgers.edu /graduate/index.html (256 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The English Patient (Special Edition) [1996]: DVD: Ralph Fiennes,Julian Wadham,Sebastian Rudolph,Juliette ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		After the publication of Michael Ondaatje's Booker-Prize-winning "English Patient," conventional wisdom soon held that the novel, while a masterpiece of fiction, was entirely untransferable to any other medium: too intricately layered seemed its narrative structure; too significant its protagonists' inner life; too rich its symbolism.
		"The English Patient" is an epic tale of love and loss; of ownership, belonging and the bars erected thereto.
		But at the same time, the story is anchored in the present by Hana's growing attachment to Kip, which shines a different light on the themes also driving Almasy and his relationship with Katherine.
	www.amazon.co.uk /English-Patient-Special-Ralph-Fiennes/dp/B00073I8L8 (1136 words)

	English for Special Purposes Courses: Welcome to B.E.L.S. The Language School With a Difference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		English for Special Purposes Courses: Welcome to B.E.L.S. The Language School With a Difference
		English, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol, Japanese, Russian, Polish, French, Turkish
		At the end of the course all students are presented with a certificate of attendance and a detailed report describing their progress and level of English.
	www.belsmalta.com /purposes_english.asp (189 words)

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