DVD series for learning and teaching the international language Esperanto
ESPERANTO, PASPORTO AL LA TUTA MONDO
The advantage of this multi-media approach to language acquisition is that it simulates a type of immersion experience that has been shown to be most effective for language learning. In "Pasporto" you will be able to hear Esperanto spoken in a natural context, with plenty of visual and situational cues to help you understand the meaning.
Is it going to be difficult to learn this way? It may seem so at first! Instead of being "spoon fed" the language word by word, you will be hearing a lot of natural language material all at once. Scary and frustrating? It doesn't have to be, but that's a natural initial reaction. It will be challenging, but be assured it will become less intimidating as you continue to work with the lessons. It may feel uncomfortable if you are not understanding every word. But isn't that just the feeling you would have if you didn't understand everything someone was saying in your own native language?
Just keep reminding yourself that as a language learner, it's fine to understand only the gist of what you are hearing. You will learn a lot more by being stretched to hear and understand the language at normal speed than if all the words were pre-digested and presented in a way that made everything perfectly clear.
Each time you watch a lesson, more of it will make sense. After listening to each lesson (perhaps several times), reading the text and working the exercises (found in the companion CDs) you will find that you are progressing rapidly - compared to learning national tongues in traditional ways. Then it will be fun to go back and listen to earlier lessons and realize just how much you have learned!
DR. DUNCAN CHARTERS,
PROFESSOR AND CHAIR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, PRINCIPIA COLLEGE, ELSAH IL
For more information and for orders call: the Esperanto League of North America (ELNA) at: (510) 653-0998
Orders in Europe, please pay Euro 90, to the UEA account nmvm-n and send receipt to
diana(a)ludgerweichert.de
4 DVDs + 2 CD-rom
from Germany 01081-001-510-653-0998 (-9 h zur MEZ; 2,9 ct/min)
