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NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT

	"A boost to English language learning, teaching and training 
	facilities for people throughout the world has been announced.
 
	In a message recorded especially for international students, teachers 
	and educational establishments UK PM Brown said that the British 
	Council and its partners will set up a new, comprehensive website to 
	provide the very latest in English language resources.
 
	"In total, two billion people worldwide will be learning English by 
	2020. But there are millions more on every continent who are still 
	denied the chance to learn English.
 
	"So today I want Britain to make a new gift to the world: a 
	commitment to help anyone - however impoverished and however far 
	away - to access the tools they need to learn English."
 
	The new website will establish networks between teachers and students 
	throughout the globe and enable one-to-one tuition between people 
	anywhere in the world, the PM said.
 
	The British Council will also start a programme in India to 
	recruit "Master Trainers" charged with developing the skills of 
	750,000 teachers of English over a five-year period.
 
	In a separately recorded message, British Council Chief Executive 
	Martin Davidson said:
 
	"We know that right around the world young people want access to 
	English language to give them the skills they need to take part in 
	the globalising economy but also to get access to all the knowledge 
	and understanding that we have in this country.
 
	"And our ambition, as an organisation, is that every learner and 
	teacher of English right around the world should have access to the 
	best of English language teaching from this country."

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Voice of American Special English
    VOA Special English gives excellent help for those who have learned Basic English. It will help you learn the American accent and new words. There is a menu of many news-like stories to hear and read online. Today's news provides an interesting and always new subjects. It is not designed as a teaching program.
    Special English has a core vocabulary of 1500 words - two times as many as Basic English. They are used for reporting world events and describing discoveries in medicine and science.
    Special English uses short, simple sentences that contain only one idea. They use active voice. They do not use idioms.
    Special English is read at a slower pace, about two-thirds the speed of standard English. This helps people learning English hear each word clearly.

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