Esperanto Something for Everyone Esperanto is a welldesigned

Esperanto : Something for Everyone !

Esperanto is a well-designed, purpose-built language for intercultural communication.

WHY? Being Bilingual Is. . . AWESOME!

WHY? for Social Justice

WHY? Travel Anywhere Friendly and cheap

WHY? Esperanto boosts your languge-learning potential

HOW? ***** 100 hours ***** French Italian, Spanish, Portugese 600 Dutch German, Scandinavian 600 Greek 800 Russian 1100 Arabic 1500 Chinese/Japanese 2200 (Alex Mc. Andrew p 22)

HOW? 28 matched sound/symbols abcĉdefgĝhĥijĵklmn oprsŝtuŭvz inveriable, never silent, never doubled.

HOW? one emphasis rule: “Emphasis falls on the second-last syllable”. La hundo dormas trankvile.

integral grammar markers: HOW? blua, ruĝa, nigra, alta, vasta, granda, malgranda, hundo, kato, fiŝo, ĉevalo, bovo, birdo, tablo, domo, dancas, muzikas, kantas, kisas, saltas, brakumas, ridas

HOW? More word-building, less rote-learning sheep: ewe and lamb, dogs: bitch and puppy, horses: mare and foal ŝafoj: ŝafino kaj ŝafido, hundoj: hundino kaj hundido,

HOW? Correlative table

HOW? Simple cases, regular tenses dancis dancas dancos kantis kantas kantos kisis kisas. . . .

What will you need?

Resources: your time, your voice

Resources: your class and teacher CHINESE PRIMARY STUDENTS LEARNING ESPERANTO

Resources: online back-up and extension • lessons • games • penpals • Ipernity • Esperanto. Australia and the forums.

Resources: Mondeto. com and AEA Libroservo • Dictionaries • Novels and books of all kinds • Magazines (Monato, La Ondo, Kontakto ktp) • Music • DVD’s

Resources: Doing • summer school immersion • skype • pasporta servo it!

Welcome to Esperanto from. .

Poland

Benin

Nepal

Hungary

Togo

United states

Japan

lithuania

Australia