Esperanto - Stanford University
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Materials required
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Yes, i'm sorry, but it's going to
cost some money to learn and use Esperanto.
Or perhaps not... read about Online Resources
below.
- First quarter: We use one textbook
(for lessons and readings) and you have a choice of
dictionaries. In addition i'd like everyone to have a
journal or computer with e-mail account for writing daily
notes/sentences/homework. You can use one or more notebooks of your own
choosing for this.
- Second quarter: There will also be the cost of
subscribing to an international journal of some kind.
I'll have a list of available journals at the class.
- Third quarter: I hope you'll take on the
responsibility of corresponding with someone somewhere
else in the world. Letters are a minimum of $.80 each so this can add up
depending on how much you write. You can make this cheaper by only
corresponding via e-mail, but then there's a lot more correspondence
itself, and, of course, your choice of correspondent will be filtered by
circumstances (the most obvious being, who can afford a computer). Your
choice.
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The Books
The following descriptions are from the ELNA (Esperanto League
for North America) catalog where all books are available. If you want
to help, please ask your local bookstores for copies of these books. But,
if you can't find them at bookstores, then i will bring copies of
all these books to the first class for you to purchase. If you
want one of them after the first class, then e-mail me and i will bring a
copy for you.
- Textbook: ESPERANTO - LEARNING AND USING THE
INTERNATIONAL
LANGUAGE, by David RICHARDSON. Contains chapters on the world language
problem, history of the Esperanto movement and its current status, ten
chapters devoted to learning Esperanto and ample reading material to
improve your comprehension. Excellent index makes research easy, and
Esperanto-to-English dictionary makes this self-contained book the best
for English speakers. Illustrated. Second edition 1990. 368p. 215x140.
Bound. USA. ISBN 0-939785-00-5 ESP046 $14.95
- Dictionaries:
- Either
one inexpensive, easy to carry, but not
very comprehensive British English volume:
ESPERANTO DICTIONARY, J. C. WELLS. Two-way English/Esperanto
dictionary, with a useful summary of Esperanto grammar and pronunciation.
A companion volume to Teach Yourself Esperanto. Good first
dictionary. 1992 (reprint). 419p. 195x130. Paper. England-USA. ISBN
0-8442-3764-7 ESP003 $16.95
- Or
a combination of really excellent
dictionaries:
ESPERANTO-ENGLISH DICTIONARY, Montagu C. BUTLER. The best
available Esperanto to British English pocket-size dictionary. 1967. 450p.
180x120. Paper. England. ESP032 $14.95
and
COMPREHENSIVE ENGLISH-ESPERANTO DICTIONARY, Peter J. BENSON.
The title says it all! Many entries include idioms and subtle shades of
meaning. Necessary for any serious student or translator of Esperanto.
1995. 607p. 215x140. USA. Bound. ISBN 0-939785-02-1 CEED01 $26.95 Paper.
ISBN 0-939785-03-X CEED02 $19.95
- Not required but highly recommended for
middle to advanced level understanding: Being Colloquial in Esperanto:
A Reference Guide by David K. JORDON (please ask for details if you
are on that level).
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Hura! The textbook is back in print and available.
I will be bringing copies to class for purchase. Neverthless...
there are now web-based dictionaries and lessons. So, i am listing online resources which should make taking either my
course, or solo study much easier.
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