Based in Berlin and online.
How can we say the same things but in A2 English?
This is a project that is going to teach us how to say what we want to say, but in simple English. It’s a way to make the things written for or by the School of Commons more understandable to more people.
The School of Commons is not only about words. But we use them to tell people about things. We like words. We use a lot of different ones!
English is the most spoken language in the world. Some people speak it really well, and some only speak it a little. People who speak English really well can use easier words so that more people can understand.
A2 English means beginner-to-intermediate English. It is also sometimes called Very Low Proficiency English. In this project we will learn how to write in A2 English, and hopefully we will publish it.
Klara Branting Paulsell
A daydreamer and a talker who likes to listen and wait for things to happen.
Logbook
Step 1:
Some questions.
Should I become a translator that knows how to write everything in A2?
Or could we see what happens if everyone gives it a go on their own to write their own A2 versions?
Would it be interesting to hold workshops with fun methods to aid us all in re-phrasing into A2?
How to incorporate this into the website? Maybe eventually there can be a full A2 version of the site, but before then, would it be better to just create an A2 Ways&Working and tag every page which has an A2 version so far?
And some advice from my mom.
She said I should call some journalists who produce simple language news stories on a daily basis and just ask them how they do it.
Step 1 (A2 version):
Some questions.
Should I learn how to write anything in A2? Should that be my job?
Should everyone at the School of Commons have to write their own texts in A2?
Maybe we can work together to find out how to do it?
How can the website have an A2 version?
Maybe having an A2 tag could be a good starting point?
And some advice from my mom.
She told me about a simple language news show, and told me to call the people working there. She told me to just ask them how they do it.