Elementary Esperanto
The case for teaching Esperanto in US elementary schools
What can Esperanto do for my school?
There is a plethora of research on the benefits of teaching Esperanto in public schools. Here are some possible benefits:
- Decreased stigma in students about language learning
- Much faster acquisition of additional languages
- A deeper grasp of grammatical concepts
- Increased emotional intelligence
- Better overall academic performance
- Teaching curriculums exist for Esperanto that do not require the teacher knows Esperanto
Quick Facts
- Ease of learning
- Teaching Value
- Cognitive Benefits
- One study, conducted by Columbia University, found that “it is possible for the average student to understand written and spoken Esperanto in 20 hours better than he can understand French, German, Italian, or Spanish after 100 hours”
- According to Richardson, “Experiments in some English schools have shown that the average student there can learn as much Esperanto in six months as he can French in four years.”
- Esperanto has a regular grammar. This makes it easier to identify grammatical concepts and leads to an easy and intuitive grasp of the language.