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 EASIT Easy access for social inclusion training
 
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 Hello and welcome to this short video lecture.
 
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 The lecture is taken from Unit 2:
 Easy to understand language,
 
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 Element 2: legislations, standards, 
 and guidelines.
 
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 My name is Tatjana Knapp and I will
 introduce you to the situation in Slovenia.
 
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 Slovene language is a slavic language
 spoken by approximately two and a half million
 
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 people around the world
  but mainly by inhabitants of Slovenia.
 
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 Official language in Slovenia is Slovene, 
 however,  there are two additional
 
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 official languages in municipalities
 bordering on Hungary and Italy:
 
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 Hungarian language and Italian language.
 
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 The Slovene language is one of the languages 
 that has a dual form, dualism, in addition
 
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 to singular and plural and many dialects 
 which are divided into eight dialect groups
 
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 Easy to read or Easy language is mentioned in our 
 last two national programs for language policy.
 
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 Plain language is not yet researched,
  spoken of or widely used
 
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 It is estimated that around half a million
  of people  with or without disabilities
 
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 benefit from Easy to understand Slovene language,
 
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 for example, people with cognitive disabilities,
  such as intellectual disabilities, dementia
 
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 autism spectrum disorder, low literacy skills,
 
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 migrants, Roma people...
 
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 Speaking of definitions of
 Easy to understand language, we have
 
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 a few definitions of Easy to read.
 
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 We can summarize them by saying:
 
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 Easy to read in Slovene language is
 Easy Slovene.
 
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 Information is prepared following the guidelines,
 
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 it must be easy to read and understand,
 
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 accessible and useful.
 
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 It can be an adaptation or an original,
 
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 a text with or without pictures
 and also standalone symbols or illustrations.
 
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 However, there is no definition
 of the plain language yet.
 
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 As for the milestones of the
 Easy to read language in Slovenia,
 
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 the early 2000s brought a few publications,
 such as a booklet on
 
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 introducing EURO as the new national currency
 
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 or a book with pictures on education and
 employment of people with learning disabilities.
 
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 At the beginning of 2011,
 Zavod RISA was established,
 
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 becoming the first organization in Slovenia
 to systematically produce and promote
 
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 Easy to read- Easy language.
 
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 Since the beginning,
 
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 the free digital newspaper in Easy to read,
 20 minutes, produced by volunteers,
 
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 has been issued.
 
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 The year 2012 brought the first adaptations 
 of literacy fiction for Easy to read
 
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 and adaptation of the guidelines
 by Inclusion Europe.
 
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 The following years were fruitful, with the
 first national conference on Easy to read
 
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 marking the year 2013,
 
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 first public tender for projects
 for Easy to read adaptations in 2015,
 
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 followed by the first original novel
 in Slovene Easy to read a year later
 
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 and foundation of the Association for
 adapted communications LABRA in 2017.
 
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 Years 2018 and 2019 were very important
 for Easy to understand language in Slovenia.
 
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 Project Lahko je brati- It is easy to read
 brought new guidelines
 
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 with four levels of 
 Easy to read Slovene language.
 
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 Easy to read that follows these guidelines
 is marked with a round purple sign
 
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 containing a winking book,
 as seen in the picture.
 
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 The levels are marked with different
 numbers and colors of the books,
 
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 from one blue book with a hand on it,
 marking the first level,
 
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 to two green, three yellow, and finally
 four red books marking the fourth level.
 
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 The project results are available
 on the website www.lahkojebrati.si.
 
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 In 2019, the first course on Easy to read
 for students of inclusive pedagogics
 
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 was held at the University of Maribor,
 Faculty of pedagogics.
 
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 As regards plain language,
 RISA promoted it for the first time
 
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 in a proposal of systematization of 
 accessible information in
 
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 The Republic of Slovenia.
 
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 The initiative was also a part of
 the project
 
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 Lahko je brati- It is easy to read.
 
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 Thank you for joining me
 for this video lecture.
 
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 If you have any questions or comments
 regarding the content
 
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 or you are interested in Easy to understand
 Slovene language in general,
 
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 feel free to contact me through email.
 
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 The email address is tatjana at risa.si.