Basic Global English
Basic Global English (BGE) is a method developed by Joachim Grzega in 2005 to acquire basic knowledge of English. BGE can be used in self-study, as learning and teaching material for primary school lessons and as teaching and learning material for teaching groups of adult students.
It is an English with a reduced vocabulary, rudimentary grammar and a number of language conventions and frequent phrases. The vocabulary includes 750 general words and a number of internationalisms .
Another goal of Basic Global English is to quickly acquire global , communicative competence .
origin
Joachim Grzega developed Basic Global English in 2005. It stems from the concept of viewing English as a kind of lingua franca of today. BGE was designed based on Charles Kay Ogden's Basic English . BGE ( Basic Global English ) is intended to serve as a means of communication between people with different mother tongues.
structure
Basic vocabulary
Basic Global English has 20 grammar rules and a basic 750 word vocabulary. The basic vocabulary was selected according to morphological , semantic and encyclopedic principles and word frequencies. In addition, the student has to choose 250 words: 150 words that are needed to talk about his life, interests, friends and culture, and 100 words to be able to talk about a culture that interests them particularly. This individual vocabulary is used for efficiency towards people with the same level of experience or the same cultural background. Techniques of word formation and paraphrasing are also taught for speaking practice .
Pronunciation and grammar
BGE integrates knowledge of English as a lingua franca in pronunciation and grammar . Therefore several variants are accepted for a variable . For example, both irregular verb forms and regularized verb forms are accepted (e.g. kept and keeped , saw and seed )
Communication rules
In order to ensure successful communication, rules for communicative behavior in conversation have also been drawn up. Metaphors and communication strategies should be avoided in order to ensure empathetic and respectful intercultural communication and thus avoid misunderstandings and a breakdown of the conversation.
Goals and Methods
English is intended to serve as a lingua franca as the language for intercultural communication. Basic Global English is supposed to be an effective approach to acquire basic knowledge of English as a lingua franca. Basic Global English should be able to be used in an international context and therefore also guarantees international applicability. Although this is an English reduced to the essentials or also greatly simplified, it is not an "artificial" English. Rather, it is natural English that also contains non-standardized elements. For efficiency, Basic Global English should be taught in the learner's native language. In addition, the learner with Basis Global English should be imparted linguistic, social and methodological basic knowledge, on the basis of which a later fine-tuning and further development of the language skills should be possible.
literature
- Joachim Grzega: Multilingual Concepts in Europe and Global English. In: U. Hinrichs (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Eurolinguistik. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 3-44-705928-1 , pp. 795-804.
- Joachim: Towards Global English Via Basic Global English (BGE). Socioeconomic and Pedagogic Ideas for a European and Global Language (with Didactic Examples for Native Speakers of German). In: Journal for EuroLinguistiX 2, 2005, ISSN 2197-6929 , pp. 65–164 ( [1] ; PDF file; 562 kB).