Editing Esperanto (section)

== Education ==
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Esperanto speakers learn the language through [[autodidacticism|self-directed study]], online tutorials, and correspondence courses taught by volunteers. More recently, free teaching websites like {{lang|eo|[[lernu!]]}} and {{lang|eo|[[Duolingo]]}} have become available.

Esperanto instruction is occasionally available at schools, including four primary schools in a pilot project under the supervision of the [[University of Manchester]], and by one count at a few universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uea.org/agadoj/instruado/pirlot.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120529120733/http://uea.org/agadoj/instruado/pirlot.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-05-29 |title=Esperanto en universitatoj |publisher=Uea.Org |date=April 17, 2003 |access-date=December 5, 2010}}</ref> However, outside China and [[Hungary]], these mostly involve informal arrangements, rather than dedicated departments or state sponsorship. [[Eötvös Loránd University]] in [[Budapest]] had a department of [[Interlinguistics]] and Esperanto from 1966 to 2004, after which time instruction moved to [[Vocational university|vocational colleges]]; there are state examinations for Esperanto instructors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/bujdosoivan/tarte.htm |title=enhavo |date=October 27, 2009 |access-date=December 5, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091027105835/http://geocities.com/bujdosoivan/tarte.htm |archive-date = October 27, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/bujdosoivan/okt.htm#3 |title=Elte Btk |publisher=Webcitation.org |access-date=December 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021083127/http://geocities.com/bujdosoivan/okt.htm#3 |archive-date=October 21, 2009 }}</ref> Additionally, [[Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań|Adam Mickiewicz University]] in Poland offers a [[diplom]]a in Interlinguistics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amu.edu.pl/en/home/about-us/education/degree-list/full-degree-students/diploma-in-interlinguistics-esperanto|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418022807/http://amu.edu.pl/en/home/about-us/education/degree-list/full-degree-students/diploma-in-interlinguistics-esperanto |archive-date=April 18, 2012|title=Diploma in Interlinguistics (ESPERANTO)}}</ref> The [[Federal Senate (Brazil)|Senate of Brazil]] passed a bill in 2009 that would make Esperanto an optional part of the curriculum in [[Public school (government funded)|public schools]], although mandatory if there is demand for it. {{As of|2015}}, the bill is still under consideration by the [[Chamber of Deputies of Brazil|Chamber of Deputies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senado.gov.br/sf/atividade/materia/detalhes.asp?p_cod_mate=83989|title=Atividade Legislativa – Projetos e Matrias|publisher=Senado.gov.br|language=pt|access-date=January 14, 2015|archive-date=May 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525231804/http://www.senado.gov.br/sf/atividade/materia/detalhes.asp?p_cod_mate=83989|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camara.gov.br/sileg/Prop_Detalhe.asp?id=454210|title=PL 6162/2009 – Projetos de Lei e Outras Proposições – Câmara dos Deputados|publisher=Camara.gov.br|language=pt|access-date=January 14, 2015|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207055656/https://www.camara.leg.br/proposicoesWeb/fichadetramitacao?idProposicao=454210|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.senado.gov.br/noticias/materias/2009/06/18/entidades-manifestam-apoio-a-proposta-de-incluir-ensino-de-esperanto-na-grade-de-disciplinas-da-rede-publica|title=Entidades manifestam apoio à proposta de incluir ensino de Esperanto na grade de disciplinas da rede pública|work=Senado Federal – Portal de Notícias|language=pt|access-date=January 14, 2015|archive-date=January 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114174130/http://www12.senado.gov.br/noticias/materias/2009/06/18/entidades-manifestam-apoio-a-proposta-de-incluir-ensino-de-esperanto-na-grade-de-disciplinas-da-rede-publica|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the United States, Esperanto is notably offered as a weekly evening course at [[Stanford University|Stanford University's]] Bechtel International Center. ''Conversational Esperanto, The International Language'', is a free drop-in class that is open to Stanford students and the general public on campus during the academic year. With administrative permission, Stanford students can take the class for two credits a quarter through the Linguistics Department.<ref>{{cite web |title=Esperanto – Stanford University |url=http://www.esperanto.org/stanford/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116150045/http://www.esperanto.org/stanford/ |archive-date=January 16, 2019 |access-date=January 16, 2019 |website=esperanto.org}}</ref>

[[Esperanto-USA]] suggests that Esperanto can be learned in, at most, one quarter of the amount of time required for other languages.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://esperanto-usa.org/?q=node/77 |title=Is Esperanto four times easier to learn? |publisher=Esperanto-USA |access-date=December 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310081949/http://esperanto-usa.org/?q=node%2F77 |archive-date=2013-03-10}}</ref>

=== The Zagreb method ===
The Zagreb method is an Esperanto teaching method that was developed in the city of [[Zagreb]] in the late 1970s to early 1980s as a response to the unsatisfactory learning outcomes of traditional natural-language teaching techniques when used for Esperanto. Its goal was to streamline the material in order to equip learners with practical knowledge that could be put to use in as short a time frame as possible. It is now implemented and available on some of the well-known learning websites in the community.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

=== Third-language acquisition ===
{{Main|Paderborn method}}
From 2006 to 2011, four primary schools in [[England|Britain]], with 230 pupils, followed a course in "propaedeutic Esperanto"—that is, instruction in Esperanto to raise language awareness, and to accelerate subsequent learning of foreign languages—under the supervision of the University of Manchester. As they put it,

<blockquote>Many schools used to teach children the [[Recorder (musical instrument)|recorder]], not to produce a nation of recorder players, but as a preparation for learning other instruments. [We teach] Esperanto, not to produce a nation of Esperanto-speakers, but as a preparation for learning other languages.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.springboard2languages.org |title=Springboard to Languages |publisher=Springboard2languages.org |access-date=December 5, 2010 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109022411/https://www.springboard2languages.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>

The results showed that the pupils achieved enhanced metalinguistic awareness, though the study did not indicate whether a course in a language other than Esperanto would have led to similar results.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://repository.essex.ac.uk/5991/1/Repository_Roehr_2012b_EAB.pdf|author=Karen Roehr|title=The Springboard to Languages evaluation project: a summary report|publisher=University of Essex|access-date=2021-06-26|archive-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626135228/http://repository.essex.ac.uk/5991/1/Repository_Roehr_2012b_EAB.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Similar studies have been conducted in [[New Zealand]],<ref>Report: Article in {{lang|eo|Enciklopedio de Esperanto}}, volume I, p.436, on the pedagogic value of Esperanto.</ref> the United States,<ref>Report: Edward Thorndike, ''Language Learning''. Bureau of Publications of Teachers College, 1933. [http://www.interlingua.org/ Interlingua.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820025141/http://www.interlingua.org/ |date=August 20, 2008 }}</ref><ref>Helen S. Eaton, "The Educational Value of an Artificial Language." ''The Modern Language Journal'', No. 12, pp. 87–94 (1927). [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/mlj/newsearchres.asp?contenttype=AA&topic=Artificial%20Language&searchtype=adv Blackwellpublishing.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703210156/http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/mlj/newsearchres.asp?contenttype=AA&topic=Artificial%20Language&searchtype=adv |date=July 3, 2009 }}</ref> England,<ref name=Williams_1965>Williams, N. (1965) 'A language teaching experiment', ''Canadian Modern Language Review'' 22.1: 26–28</ref> and Germany.<ref>Protocols of the annual November meetings in Paderborn "{{lang|eo|Laborkonferencoj: Interlingvistiko en Scienco kaj Klerigo}}" (Working conference: Interlinguistics in Science and Education), which can be obtained from the Institute of Pedagogic Cybernetics in Paderborn. Also in the works by Frank, Lobin, Geisler, and Meder.</ref> Many of these experiments' findings were compromised by unclear objectives, brief or anecdotal reporting, and a lack of methodological rigor.<ref name="springboardtolanguages">{{cite book |last1=Tellier |first1=Angela |title=Esperanto as a starter language for child second-language learners in the primary school |date=2013 |publisher=Esperanto UK |location=Great Britain |isbn=978-0-902756-35-9 |edition=second |pages=11–12}}</ref> However, the results of these studies were consistently favorable, and suggested that studying Esperanto before another foreign language expedites the acquisition of the other, natural language.