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Introducing Esperanto to sceptics on my blog. Comments appreciated :)

di irishpolyglot, 20 luglio 2009

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Lingua: English

irishpolyglot (Mostra il profilo) 20 luglio 2009 09:21:53

Hey guys, I have a blog about my experiment to learn languages to fluency in 3 months and I've just written an introduction to Esperanto events (and the language in general).
I get a lot of sceptics on my blog who love criticising some of what I write about, so I'm expecting the usual sceptical comments about Esperanto that I'm sure you've all heard before!
If you have a second, a positive comment about your Esperanto experiences would be appreciated rideto.gif

Miland (Mostra il profilo) 20 luglio 2009 14:36:27

In which languages so far have you actually attained fluency in 3 months, if you don't mind my asking? I assume that the word 'fluency' as you use it means the ability to survive in the language, rather than enjoy reading in it.

jchthys (Mostra il profilo) 20 luglio 2009 14:49:29

I subscribe to your blog, so I’ll try to follow the comments! (There were none on Esperanto last time I saw.)

irishpolyglot (Mostra il profilo) 20 luglio 2009 16:41:05

@Miland
I've achieved fluency in other languages, but not in 3 months (apart from Esperanto, which was only actually a few weeks, but I'm not counting that since it's much easier to learn than others). This is the first time I am attempting it with a shorter time limit. If I don't succeed this time, I'll analyse why and try again with another one rideto.gif . I honestly do think that it is possible if you do it correctly! I'm trying to discover this correct method.

The blog is only a month and a half old, and is my way of sharing my thoughts and advice on my experiment!
I actually wrote a post specifically saying how I define fluency. It's definitely much more than "surviving". To survive you technically only need a few phrases. I intend to "enjoy reading", but that is barely a good criterion for fluency, since actually speaking and understanding is very important.
Let's see if I make it!

Maybe I won't get any negative comments about Esperanto on this post (I've only gotten positive ones so far), but there are certain commenters who love to disagree with me lango.gif I just wanted to be prudent! okulumo.gif

Pharoah (Mostra il profilo) 21 luglio 2009 00:51:33

I know it's possible to learn a fair bit of a language in 3 months, although it depends on the language. When I wanted to learn Czech quickly for a trip to Prague, I used the free software BYKI (which you can find here: http://www.byki.com/.

Basically it's flash card software, but you can move through words very quickly and, in my experience, you remember them very well when you're done.

I now follow the same procedure BYKI does with regular flashcards. Answer->Question, then Question->Answer. Works nicely!

nissa_amas_katoj (Mostra il profilo) 24 luglio 2009 22:03:23

Pharoah:I know it's possible to learn a fair bit of a language in 3 months, although it depends on the language. When I wanted to learn Czech quickly for a trip to Prague, I used the free software BYKI (which you can find here: http://www.byki.com/.

Basically it's flash card software, but you can move through words very quickly and, in my experience, you remember them very well when you're done.

I now follow the same procedure BYKI does with regular flashcards. Answer->Question, then Question->Answer. Works nicely!
I love learning languages with BYKI! I use it for learning Korean, but also Esperanto--- here is the link for the shared lists in Esperanto: http://www.byki.com/tag/esperanto I'm planning on making lists with the vocabulary words from the Ekzercaro, but don't want to put up more lists until I have some ratings and comments on the ones I already posted.

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