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Title: Step By Step in Esperanto by Montagu C. Butler ISBN: 0-939785-01-3 Publisher: Esperanto League for North Amer Pub. Date: 01 June, 1991 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent for self-study or for teaching children
Comment: This is my favorite Esperanto textbook. Because it is broken up into 1,000 + lessons, one can study as much or as little as one wants per day.
Other Esperanto language books that I've seen (including Esperanto) introduce a number of grammar rules (or exceptions), vocabulary, and exercises. This is way too much for a young child! But this book breaks every new concept into it's own section. For instance, in one section you'll learn that there is no translation of the articles "a" and "an" in Esperanto.
Now, that's obviously too small a section to take up at one time... but you might want to only cover 2 sections, or maybe you'll want to take on 8 sections at a time. It's up to you - how much time you've got on your hands, the age of the student, etc.
One section, which introduced the first sentence and a number of nouns, I spent a week on with my children. But it was just one simple grammar rule, so it wasn't overwhelming at all. We all had fun.
The biggest drawback to this book is that not all the words are defined - the author assumes you will understand that "monto" means "mountain" and "dromedaro" is "dromedary". You'll need access to a good Esperanto/English dictionary in order to really succeed with this book.
At the end of 2 weeks study with this book, my kids knew well over 200 words (and we skipped the ones that would be more difficult for the younger ones, like the translation for "ideal" and the cities and rivers). We were on page 6... and already knew hundreds of words.
There are some really entertaining poems and quaint little words of wisdom. The author is quite a character, and the book is very lively.
This is an excellent resource, and I highly recommend it. Please email me if you would like some suggestions about using this book with children - we've been having a lot of success and a lot of fun.
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a good textbook for learning Esperanto.
Comment: This textbook has stood the test of time. It has seen multiple publishers and has stood up well. Although it is one of the older textbooks for English speakers learning Esperanto, it does not convey a dated feel. It is broken into over a thousand small, easily digestable lessons. This makes it extremely well suited to self-study students learning in their spare time. It's small size also makes it easy to take along.
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Title: Esperanto-English English-Esperanto Dictionary & Phrasebook by Joseph F. Conroy ISBN: 0781807360 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Esperanto Learning and Using the International Language by David Richardson ISBN: 0939785005 Publisher: Esperanto League for North Amer Pub. Date: 01 July, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Esperanto (Teach Yourself) by John Cresswell, John Hartley ISBN: 0844237639 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 01 August, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Esperanto: Language, Literature, and Community by Pierre Janton, Humphrey Tonkin ISBN: 0791412547 Publisher: State University of New York Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1993 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Esperanto Pocket Dictionary of American English to Esperanto With over 40,000 Total Words by Wesley E. Arnold ISBN: 0915935104 Publisher: Wesley Arnold Pub. Date: 01 December, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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