Thursday, September 25, 2008

European day of languages


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2 comments:

Bill Chapman said...

I hope you will allow me to comment on your mention of European day of languages.
Learning languages is certainly a good thing, but a neglected question is: which language should I learn? I hope you’ll allow me to suggest that there are benefits in learning Esperanto, the planned international language. It has its speaker population scattered over the globe. The Esperanto Association of Britain is offering a free postal course in the language - suitable for native speakers of English or very good learners. Details (and the first lesson) are available from Esperanto Association of Britain,
Esperanto House
Station Road
Barlaston
Stoke-on-Trent
ST12 9DE
United Kingdom
Tel: 0845 230 1887
e-mail: eab@esperanto-gb.org

Brian Barker said...

I agree with Bill Chapman on the need for an international language, such as Esperanto.

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