Wikipedia's+Simple+English



= **Wikipedia's Simple English** =

Wikipedia's Simple English
Use the Simple English portal to access over 71,000 articles written in plain English that supports ESL and ESD students.

Educational Uses

 * Use primarily as an accessibility tool for ESD and ESL students to access factual online material ﻿about a variety of topics (a good starting point for many students)
 * Students could work collaboratively to create articles for this site for others to use (provides a real world audience for student work)
 * Students could edit/develop articles which are needing expansion

'How to...'
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 * In order to view articles written in Simple English, simply use the search box on the Simple English site (link above).
 * If you wish to create or edit articles, you'll need to first create an account (start at the Simple English site and click 'Create an Account.'
 * Consult the article ("How to Write in Simple English") from the Simple English site.
 * Consult the Basic English (850) alphabetical word list (the 850 most common English words)
 * Consult the Basic English (1500) alphabetical word list (the 1500 most common English words)

Examples
Here is an example of a Simple English wiki page from: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki