Esperanto :Something for Everyone !

Esperanto is a well-designed, purpose-built language for

intercultural communication.

Being Bilingual

Is..... AWESOME!

WHY?

for Social Justice

WHY?

Travel AnywhereFriendly and cheap

WHY?

Esperantoboosts your languge-learning

potential

WHY?

***** 100 hours *****

French Italian, Spanish, Portugese 600Dutch German, Scandinavian 600

Greek 800Russian 1100Arabic 1500

Chinese/Japanese 2200

(Alex McAndrew p 22)

HOW?

28 matched sound/symbols

abcĉdefgĝhĥijĵklmnoprsŝtuŭvz

inveriable, never silent, never doubled.

HOW?

one emphasis rule:

“Emphasis falls on the second-last syllable”.

La hundo dormas trankvile.

HOW?

integral grammar markers:

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,

ĉevaloj: ĉevalino kaj ĉevalido

HOW?

Correlative tableHOW?

Simple cases, regular tenses

dancis dancas dancoskantis kantas kantos

kisis kisas........

HOW?

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

EsperantoAustralia 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 it!

summer school immersion

skype

pasporta servo

Welcome to Esperanto from....

Poland

Benin

Nepal

Hungary

Togo

United states

Japan

lithuania

Australia