Comments on: Celebrating Languages across Europe on Friday

By: Bill Chapman

Bill Chapman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:27:00 +0000

On this special day I would like to put in a plea for learning Esperanto. It is a planned language which belongs to no one country or group of states.

Take a look at http://www.esperanto.net

Esperanto works! I’ve used it in speech and writing in a dozen countries over recent years. Esperanto is not one of the 23 official languages of the EU, but it deserves our attention.

By: Bill Chapman

Bill Chapman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:37:00 +0000

I hope you'll allow me to mention that the Esperanto Association of Britain offers a free Esperanto postal course. Suitable for those who would like a quick taster, this course gives an overview of the language in twelve bite-sized portions. Once you have received the first lesson, simply return your answers with an SAE. Your tutor will reply with guidance and the next lesson. All you pay is postage! Tel: 0845 230 1887 or write to:
Esperanto Education
Esperanto House
Station Road
Barlaston
Stoke-on-Trent
ST12 9DE

Thanks / Dankon!

By: Brian Barker

Brian Barker — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:36:00 +0000

I hope that the “European Day of Languages” will encourage many people to learn a new language. Especially in the United Kingdom where the interest in learning languages seems to be declining.

You may know that four schools in Britain have introduced Esperanto, the neutral international language, in order to test its propaedeutic values?

The pilot project is being monitored by the University of Manchester, and I believe the project deserves academic appraisal.

An interesting video can be seen at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8837438938991452670