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Ogden's Basic English An archive of over 800 web pages of history, texts, and thousands of printed pages written in Basic English plus 1100 images. This website contains 440 web pages plus over 400 images. The most populous world language is which ? Basic-English Dedicated to the expansion of Ogden's Basic English. Basic English is a selection of 850 English words, used in simple structural patterns, which is both an international auxiliary language and a self-contained first stage for the teaching of any form of wider or Standard English. A subset, a complete language, yet with no unlearning to progress. FORUM     General Topics     Learning and Practice     Project Teams -- NAVIGATION SITE MAP NEWS » Home » Articles » Ogden's Basic » Forum » Learning » Teaching » Language » Downloads » 21 st Century » Projects » Development » WebZines     If one were to take the 10,000 word Oxford Pocket English Dictionary and remove the redundancies of our rich language and eliminate the words that can be replaced by combinations of simpler words, we find that 90% of the concepts in that dictionary can be achieved with 850 words. The shortened list simplifies the effort to learn words, spelling, pronunciation, and irregularities. The rules of usage are identical to full English so that the practitioner communicates is perfectly good, yet simple, English.     We know this simplified language as Basic English, the developer is Charles K. Ogden, and was released in 1930 with the book: Basic English: A General Introduction with Rules and Grammar . He founded the Orthological to develop the tools for teaching Basic English. His most famous associate, I.A. Richards, led the effort in the Orient, which uses the techniques to this day.     The intent of Ogden is shown in the title of his text, Basic English: International Second Language . English is the most widely distributed language, it is the language of international commerce, and is a language of simple structure. A student from western European is supposed to be able to learn the reduced language in 60 hours, that is to say, a motivated student spending three hours of a typical night school class, can learn vocabulary, pronunciation and idiom in a month. -- If one were to take the 25,000 word Oxford Pocket English Dictionary and take away the words with the same senses of our overly full language and take away the words that are able to be said by putting together simpler words, we see that 90% of the ideas in that dictionary are able to be done with only 850 words. The shorter word-list makes simpler the work to learn his letters and the ways of saying things that are not regular. The rules of using words are the same as in full English so that the Basic user is able to talk in good, but simple, English. The name of this simple language is Basic English, the developer is Charles K. Ogden, and was given in 1930 with the book : Basic English: A General Introduction with Rules and Grammar. He started the Orthological to develop the ways for teaching Basic English. His most noted working friend, I.A. Richards, started work in the Orient, which uses the Basic ways to this day. The purposes of Ogden is made clear in the name of his book, Basic English: International Second Language . English is the most widely distributed language, it is the language of international business, and is a language of simple structure. A learner from west Europe will be able to learn the smaller language in 60 hours, that is to say, a good learner giving three hours of a night school, is able to learn the words, ways of saying, and special uses in a month. From an international traveler 's email home, 16 July 2013. Friday at the Dubai International Airport, I was standing in line for the Transfer Desk with many other nationalities from Europe, Asia, China and America. When it was my turn at the counter, I asked the young man on the other side of the counter how many languages do you need to know to work the Transfer Desk? He thought for a moment, smiled and said only English. Everyone at International Airports are among the wealthiest of the world. Most of the world doesn't fly on planes. The wealthiest of world have an opportunity to learn English. English is the language of business and international travel. Parade Magazine-- Ask Marilyn vos Savant -- 9August2009 Question : When a non-English speaking adult moves to the U.S., about how may words must he or she learn in order to be able to communicate adequately? Answer : According to educators, a vocabulary of 500 words is enough for limited communication of wishes and needs. Basic conversation requires about 1000 words plus some knowledge of verb tenses. What Is Ogden's Basic English? Ogden's Basic English Ogden Web Site with extensive ( 800 web pages) of documentation . En Francais - in French. An Deutsch - in German. Wiki Encyclopedia Member Services Basic News - current Archives 2008 2007 2004 2006 2003 2005 2002 Articles Book Store Jobs Registry Forum The forum was vandalized a second time and is likely at an end. See news General Topics and Project Teams -- Learning Basic Englsh Learning Basic Menu Multi-Media International Language VOA Special English Committees International words 21 st Century - new words Special Wordlists - additional lists Projects Needs of 21st Century Project Status Electronic Office: software and data Word Processing -- OpenOffice.org , Abisoft , others Spell Checking - display Translation Thesaurus/Translation Phonetic Rhyme Language Language Menu Danish and Russian translations Japanese Spanish worksheet French worksheet draft Other Languages Education Development Projects and References Elementary Education English Speakers Basic as a Second Language Native English Speakers Other Language Speakers, ESL Modern Media Preparation Practice Opportunities Class Content User's Area Downloads Help in Writing Basic Developer's Area Translation Software International Internet wordlists Wiktionary: Basic English template 21st Century projects WebZines Links as available. Kleer English project completed with publication of " English / Kleer English Dictionary " by Robin Randall.   ISBN : 978-1-300-16059-5   Printed by Lulu June'13.   $18 + 4 shipping. -- Kleer English project completed with publication of : " Kleer English Dictionary " 05Apr'14. Manorborn Press, ISBN 978-1-495-282652, From Amazon: $18 + 4 shipping. Many new books added to the Reading Lists . Kleer English (was Nu English) is not an project, but we are assisting and progress is being made with phonetic spelling well advanced. Join. -- Feds consider Basic English. Opportunity . Translation Dictionary version 0.7. This version contains over 48,000 words, derivatives, spellings, and senses -- June 29. This is pre-release of 1.0 and completion of this project. Simple. Wiki English spelling list v0.2 for Open Office. Simple English spelling list v0.2 for Open Office 2.4. Basic English Spelling List v0.3 for Open Office 2.4. British Council to expand Learning English . Job opening -- See member's area for translation offer. Be sure to review : Readings -- over 1000 pages written in Basic English. Two textbooks are available : " The Basic Teacher " with teacher's guide and " Basic Step by Step " with many teacher's notes. Translation thesaurus for OpenOffice is available -- English to Basic -- Beta Sept'06 -- by Carl Ray, Ed.D. " Toward a People's English: Back to BASIC in EIL " --Sept 2005 issue of Humanising Language Teaching by Bill Templer. English Through Pictures - May 2005 Edition . available from Pippin Publishers , Toronto, CA, as a 3-volumn set for US $35 US or Can$40, free shipping. Paperback 4.25" x 7" ; 864 pg. ISBN: 0-88751-117-1. See texts . New summary : Basic English Compiled . Thirty essays : 10 descriptive, 10 favorable, 10 opposed. Reading (in Basic): Gulliver in Lilliput - a book for young persons.. General His...