Get ready for the start of term and the forthcoming European Day of Languages. There will be lots of activities across the College to help celebrate the day including a brand new QR quiz which if you have a smart phone or tablet you will be able to enter. Keep your eyes peeled in the MFL block.
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August 23, 2011
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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 language seems to be declining.
The Council of Europe already uses Esperanto to promote EDL at http://edl.ecml.at/Abouttheday/PDFs/tabid/1860/language/en-GB/language/en-GB/Default.aspx
However your readers may not know that this planned language also has great propaedeutic values. See http://www.experiencefestival.com/forum/Video-Collection/Propaedeutic%20Value%20Of%20Esperanto/Page_1
Esperanto is a living language - see http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8837438938991452670
The new online course http://www.lernu.net has 125 000 hits per day and Esperanto Wikipedia enjoys 400 000 hits per day. That can't be bad :)
Posted by: Brian_Barker | August 31, 2011 at 04:56 PM