Esperantic Studies Foundation
Encyclopedia
The Esperantic Studies Foundation is a foundation
which strives to solve international language
problems. According to its website
"The Esperantic Studies Foundation promotes research and teaching on Esperanto
and on related issues of interlingual communication, especially in the context of higher education in North America."
One of ESF's educational projects is lernu!
, a website hosting several free multilanguage courses designed to teach Esperanto. The site was launched December 21, 2002. The word lernu is Esperanto for "learn", in the jussive mood
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ESF's current president is Humphrey Tonkin
.
Foundation (charity)
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which strives to solve international language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
problems. According to its website
Website
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"The Esperantic Studies Foundation promotes research and teaching on Esperanto
Esperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
and on related issues of interlingual communication, especially in the context of higher education in North America."
One of ESF's educational projects is lernu!
Lernu!
lernu! is a multilingual, Web-based free-of-charge project for promoting and teaching Esperanto. Its name is Esperanto for the command "learn." The site is run by E@I, an international youth organization, which started as a working group of the World Esperanto Youth Organisation.The site's content...
, a website hosting several free multilanguage courses designed to teach Esperanto. The site was launched December 21, 2002. The word lernu is Esperanto for "learn", in the jussive mood
Jussive mood
The jussive is a grammatical mood of verbs for issuing orders, commanding, or exhorting . English verbs are not marked for this mood...
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ESF's current president is Humphrey Tonkin
Humphrey Tonkin
Humphrey R. Tonkin is professor of English, president emeritus of the University of Hartford in Connecticut, and a dedicated Esperantist. Born in Truro, UK, Tonkin is a dual citizen of the U.K. and the U.S. He earned his undergraduate degree from Cambridge University and his PhD from Harvard...
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