| COVER | Page | ||
| PREFIX | |||
| INTRODUCTION | |||
| STEP | 1 . | Vocabulary and Structure | 1. |
| 2 . | Vocabulary and Reading ( My Room ) | 8. | |
| 3 . | Vocabulary and Structure | 10. | |
| 4 . | Vocabulary and Reading ( At the Station ) | 17. | |
| 5 . | Vocabulary and Structure | 20. | |
| 6 . | Vocabulary and Reading (An English Family) | 28. | |
| 7 . | Vocabulary and Structure | 32. | |
| 8 . | Vocabulary and Reading (In the Garden) | 40. | |
| 9 . | Vocabulary and Structure | 43. | |
| 10. | Vocabulary and Reading (A Town) | 50. | |
| 11. | Vocabulary,Structure, Reading (Trouble with a Tooth) | 56. | |
| 12. | Vocabulary, Structure, Reading (Bathroom Door) | 67. | |
| 13. | Vocabulary and Structure | 76. | |
| 14. | Vocabulary, Reading (A Ship Comes In) | 84. | |
| 15. | Vocabulary and Structure. | 90. | |
| 16. | Vocabulary, Reading (A Talk in the Train) | 98. | |
| 17. | Vocabulary and Structure. | 98. | |
| 18. | Vocabulary, Structure, Reading (At the End of the Day) | 118. | |
| 19. | Vocabulary, Structure, Reading (News of Old Friends) | 123. | |
| 20. | Vocabulary, Structure, Reading (A Talk about the Weather) | 135. | |
| 21. | Vocabulary, Structure, Reading (Summer Time) | 145. | |
| 22. | Vocabulary and Structure | 153. | |
| 23. | Vocabulary and Reading (The Last Minute in Bed) M | 160. | |
| 24. | Vocabulary, Structure, Reading (Getting a New Cook) M | 165 | |
| 25. | Vocabulary, Structure, Reading (At the Office) | 176 | |
| 26. | Vocabulary and Reading (Looking at a House) | 184 | |
| 27. | Vocabulary and Reading (Taxes) | 192 | |
| 28. | Vocabulary and Readings (Getting Ones Picture Taken) | 199 | |
| 29. | Vocabulary and Reading (The Dressmaker) | 208 | |
| 30. | Vocabulary and Reading (Fishing) | 215 | |
| 31. | Vocabulary and Reading (Housework) | 222 | |
| 32. | Vocabulary and Reading (Moving In) | 222 | |
| 33. | Vocabulary and Reading (Men and Machines) | 238 | |
| 34. | Vocabulary and Reading (Looking at Pictures) | 246 | |
| 35. | Vocabulary and Reading (War and Peace) | 254. | |
| 36. | Numbers and Reading (A Poor Family) | 262. | |
| 37. | The Time and Reading (The Radio) | 273. | |
| 38. | Reading (A Day In Town) | 282. | |
| 39. | The Calendar and Reading (A Talk on the Telephone) | 290. | |
| 40. | Reading (A Letter to a Friend) | 300. | |
| 41. | Money, Weights, Measures, Reading (Goes Marketing) | 307. | |
| 42. | Reading (Basic for Everyday Needs) | 317. | |
| 43. | Reading (Going to the Pictures) | 327 | |
| 44. | Reading (The Smash) | 334 | |
| 45. | Reading (Some Notes about England) | 342 | |
| LISTS | 351 | ||
| 1 .Nouns both countable and non-countables | |||
| 2 .Comparison of Adjectives | |||
| 3 .Nouns which take -er,-ing, -ed | |||
| 4 .Adjectives which take un- | |||
| For The Teacher by Saburo Terada | |||
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M is transcribed by Marcin
A COURSE FOR EUROPEAN STUDENTS
BY
L W. LOCKHART
Assistant Director of the Orthological Institute
PICTURES BY JAMES FORSYTH
THE BASIC ENGLISH PUBLISHING COMPANY
45 GORDON SQUARE, W.C.I, LONDON
1950
Copyright © by the Orthological Institute
PREFACE
This is the most comprehensive and detailed course in Basic English that has so far been published. No previous knowledge of English Is assumed. Starting at the beginning, the course introduces the learner, in a series of graded Steps, to the whole of the grammar and vocabulary of Basic, and to most of the Idioms and expanded senses that the system allows. It takes him to a stage at which he can readily perfect his command of Basic through practice and reading, and, with the aid of The General Basic English Dictionary, should be able to follow the sense of any ordinary text in wider English.The latest rulings concerning Basic usage have been adopted In this book. These will later be incorporated in a new edition of The Basic Words.
In writing the course I have drawn very fully on The ABC of Basic English, Basic Step by Step, and other teaching material prepared by the Orthological Institute. In a sense, therefore, alt who contributed to these earlier books may be said to have collaborated in the present work, though they have no responsibility for its defects. But I must make special acknowledgment of my very great indebtedness to Dr. E. C. Graham, whose advice and criticism were invaluable throughout the revision and correction of the first draft, and who bat indefatigably checked and re-checked the proofs. I am also grateful to the German translator, Mr. W. Repton, for many helpful suggestions on points of detail. which have added greatly to the lucidity of the exposition for foreign students.
L. W. L.
USE OF ITALICS
- In Steps 1-35, except for the words listed in the
vocabularies, all Basic word and sentences are differentiated from the
ordinary English by being printed in italics.
" Here you have a very carefully wrought plan for an international language capable of very wide transactions of practical business and interchange of ideas. "
Winston Churchill on Basic English,
Harvard, September
1943.