Easy English Mission Assist 1 What is Easy

Easy. English Mission. Assist 1

What is Easy. English? l A principled way of producing simple English texts l A reduced vocabulary and reduced grammar — but perfectly good standard English l Geared to people who have some, but not a great deal of English Mission. Assist 2

Grammar • No passive verbs • No rhetorical questions • Verbs rather than abstract nouns • Two clauses per sentence Mission. Assist 3

Production materials EE is produced using: l Easy. English Lexicon l Easy. English Authors’ Handbook l Easy. English Checking Software Mission. Assist 4

Purpose Mission. Assist is producing Bible translation in Easy. English l Bible commentaries in Easy. English l Bible studies in Easy. English l This is one of many Mission. Assist ministries — for more info, see https: //home. missionassist. org. uk/ Mission. Assist 5

Customers We write at two levels for different audiences l 1200 word lexicon – “Level A” l 2800 word lexicon – “Level B” Mission. Assist 6

Easy. English Commentaries Purpose: To help Church Leaders and Pastors with l Personal l Sermon l Bible Devotions Preparation Study Materials Mission. Assist 7

Easy. English Commentaries Checked by: l Theological Checkers l Linguistic Checkers (with a degree in English + TESOL/TEFL qualification) l All books finished and on the web Mission. Assist 8

Easy. English Bible Translation • All books on the web Mission. Assist 9