VOA 'Special English'
 

Just wondering if anyone knows the origins of the Special English broadcasts
on VOA?

My, admittedly, uneducated guess is the slower dailog was designed to be
more understandable if the listener was in a distant receiving region.

Could anyone shed some light on this?
Thanks,
Mike T.

Foreigners speak prefect English but they also speck slow so that's why they
broadcast in slow English. They also don't know our slang.


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"Michael" wrote in message
...
Just wondering if anyone knows the origins of the Special English
broadcasts
on VOA?

My, admittedly, uneducated guess is the slower dailog was designed to be
more understandable if the listener was in a distant receiving region.

Could anyone shed some light on this?
Thanks,
Mike T.

Michael wrote:

Just wondering if anyone knows the origins of the Special English broadcasts
on VOA?

My, admittedly, uneducated guess is the slower dailog was designed to be
more understandable if the listener was in a distant receiving region.

Could anyone shed some light on this?

A brief description of VOA Special English he

http://www.ew.com.cn/seniorread/ca5367.htm

VOA Schedule he

http://www.voa.gov/index.cfm?section...%20Frequencies

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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.

http://www.basic-english.org/learn/voa.html

Note, that Special English uses also "easier" words.

Matti P., OH1GPU, Naantali, Finland


"Mike Terry" kirjoitti
...
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.

http://www.basic-english.org/learn/voa.html

I was listening to that "Special English" station one night, and I was
thinking that it would be nice if Spain did the same thing with Spanish,
France with French, Russia with Russian, and so on.

It would really help those of us who would like to learn a foreign language,
yet can't afford an immersion trip to Europe.

= = = "lsmyer" wrote in message
= = = ...

I was listening to that "Special English" station one night,
and I was thinking that it would be nice if Spain did the same
thing with Spanish, France with French, Russia with Russian,
and so on.

It would really help those of us who would like to learn a
foreign language, yet can't afford an immersion trip to Europe.

LSMYER,

"YOU" are 'special' if you speak French :o)

Some people are naturally born speaking French . . .
Others spend their whole lives wishing they could :o)

"Special French" would mean using a Limited Vocabulary.
Which would 'imply' Limited Intelligence.
A French Man would NEVER admit to either :o)

jftfoi {juste pour l'amusement de lui} ~ RHF
..

I live in Southeastern Kentucky, and hit shore is hoard tuh learn thim
ragler Anglish. I shore caint imajin tryin to learn em sumpn lak Frainch.