Esperanto Something for Everyone Esperanto is a welldesigned
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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