Esperanto 101: An introduction to Esperanto
A free, non-credit beginner's course in the the international language Esperanto. All are welcome!
Goals
By the end of the semester you should be able to hold simple conversations and read most Esperanto texts with the help of a dictionary. We'll be putting your newfound knowledge to use as soon as possible: you'll be corresponding (and or video-chatting via Skype, if you're brave!) with penpals around the world.
Students completing the course will be eligible for scholarships in July to NASK, la Nord-Amerika Somera Kursaro (North American Summer Esperanto Institute) at the University of California, San Diego.
Where/When
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Classes meet Tuesdays from 6:10 - 7:40 p.m. in room 1106A of the Hylan Building on the UR River Campus. The first class will be on January 26th. If you'd like to join, please contact < hoss at lodestone dot org>.
Materials
Most of the materials will be online this semester. We'll use one printed text, Esperanto: Learning and Using the International Language by David Richardson—it contains a history of the language, a reader, and a basic Esperanto-English dictionary.
We'll also be reading and/or listening to various free supplementary materials in class: short stories, excerpts from news magazines, radio broadcasts, poetry, cartoons, classical literature, and even some pop music!
Instructor
Hoss Firooznia is a grad student and staff member at the University of Rochester who's been using Esperanto since his undergraduate days. He has studied Esperanto at the University of Hartford and the University of California, and in 2005 he was chosen to teach Esperanto for UR's Continuing Education program. Each summer he works as an assistant instructor of Esperanto at the University of California, San Diego.
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