VOA SPECIAL ENGLISH

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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. Although intended for telling news around the world, VOA Special English has the additional benefit of allowing introductory English to be learned and for pronunciation to be polished.

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Special English is available on the Internet at all times.
The news is available in Special English at all times
Click on "Listen now" - "Stream"   if you have Real Audio. You can download free Real Audio.
http://www.voanews.com/real/voa/english/spec/specengla.ram


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Special English is available on radio several times a day.
Get current VOA News Special English Frequencies - these can change with the seasons.
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/radio_frequencies.cfm


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Back to the Ogden's Basic English home page      
Go to the VOA Special English home page
About this Page: VOATime.html -- Special English times and frequencies for VOA news
on the short-wave radio using only 1,500 words and spoken slowly. Also available on the internet at all times.
Last updated January 27, 2006
Contact us at
URL: http://zbenglish.net/sites/basic/voatime.html