
ERIC Number: ED399818
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1996-Sep-15
Pages: 44
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Materials and Techniques for Teaching the Esperanto Language in the Elementary Grades [and] 1996 Packet for Teachers.
Jones, Kent
Materials presented here include a variety of resources for teachers of Esperanto: a brief guide to Esperanto teaching, including suggested teacher qualifications, a listing of instructional materials and resources, including serials, with details of publication, activities in preparation for teaching, grade-level class activities, notes on Esperanto fonts and the Internet, a source for pen pals, and information on travel; background information on Esperanto research and teaching; a list of the 64 largest language groups, with percentages of the world population speaking them; articles on adult Esperanto learning and the educational and social roles of the Esperanto language, the Esperanto alphabet; a proclamation concerning International Friendship Week; quotations about Esperanto; an ABC of Esperanto, also provided in English; vocabulary lists; common expressions; language rummy game; phrases for translation; notes on testing at different proficiency levels; notes on corresponding with pen pals; a list of false cognates with English; and a brief article in Esperanto. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Esperanto, FLES, Information Sources, Instructional Materials, Intercultural Communication, Internet, Language Role, Language Tests, Letters (Correspondence), Publishing Industry, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Travel, Vocabulary Development
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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