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| brian91 Senior Member Ireland Joined 5241 days ago 335 posts - 437 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 1 of 3 14 July 2010 at 3:12pm | IP Logged |
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I'm a complete beginner at Esperanto at the moment, and was wondering how long it took you to become fluent
and what you did to get there. What books did you use? Listening materials? Did you attend an Esperanto conference or meet-up? I'm looking for inspiration as well as advice here. :D My method and materials: I have Teach Yourself Esperanto (1987) and aim to do a lesson a day I listen to Esperanto radio for an hour a day (I think the station is Polish) That's about it at the moment. I must try and get an Esperantist penpal as well. Dankon! Brian 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6236 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 2 of 3 14 July 2010 at 4:07pm | IP Logged |
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I used lernu and some affix exercises written by Sprachprofi; I seem to recall chatting with her over instant messengers in Esperanto occasionally too. I didn't use any books. For listening materials, I put podcasts and music on - in the background for most of the time, but I also actively listened to them with my full attention.
It took me perhaps 3 weeks to get conversational (but very slowly and haltingly, pausing before most endings - mi... parol......is ti..el), and I became fluent within perhaps a couple of days at a week long conference - at that point, it was mainly a matter of speeding up, which constant use and exposure helped with. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Enriquee Triglot Groupie United States esperantofre.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5132 days ago 51 posts - 125 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Esperanto, English | Message 3 of 3 15 July 2010 at 7:04am | IP Logged |
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Brian, >How Long Did It Take To Become Fluent? This is a big variable, that depends on your background and your method of learning. If you speak Greek, have already learned English, and you are learning German, and Spanish, ... Esperanto should be very easy for you. Fluency takes 2 steps: Completing a course. Practicing with a group of people, and better, if there aren't any other language common to the members of the group ... or you have to make your mind to stick to Esperanto, even if you could use some other language. I recommend to stick to a single course until completed. "Teach Yourself Esperanto" is about the best book for English speakers. I use another course with my students, but since you have the book and have already started to learn from it, don't try any other course until you finish the book. I suppose that will take you less than a month to complete the book. It is a very good help to listen to Esperanto. But Polish Radio is not intended for "komencantoj". Start with easier material and repeat many times. I recommend the "audio-book" Gerda Malaperis. Start at this page which provides the translation for the first 3 chapters. http://esperantofre.com/edu/gerdaa.htm The whole 25 chapters can be heard in 91 minutes. But don't go straight . Repeat the first 5 chapters many times until you understand most of that. By the time you complete "Teach Yourself Esperanto", you will understand most of the whole book. Don't use the dictionary. If you don't understand is not important ... just keep listening ... and studying your book. There are some long running videos that also help to listen to Esperanto, and to learn the language. http://esperantofre.com/edu/kino01a.htm Same as with the audio-book, repeat the beginnings, and don't use the dictionary. By the time you complete your book, you will understand most of all that. >Did you attend an Esperanto conference This is the best way to get fluency ... after completing the textbook. Since you claim that you like to travel, it will be easy to find one. >I'm looking for inspiration as well as advice here. Put all your energy on finishing the book. When you don't feel like studying, watch the videos (3 hours of animations, plus 7 hours with actors from 12 countries) >I must try and get an Esperantist penpal as well. Write to me. For my address, click my name Enrique, on top or bottom of any of my pages. For my pages, search my name together with the word Esperanto. 5 persons have voted this message useful |
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