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African website is upgraded and back in service

by Adjévi Adjé | Jan 17, 2022 | [ENGLISH], Movement

Initial results indicate that the site is easier to use and maintain, but efforts are ongoing to make it even more lively, flexible, attractive, fresh in terms of its content and correct in its use of language, overseen by the UEA Commission for African Activity. We...

Remarks at Cambridge University Honorary Degree Ceremony

by António Guterres | Jan 3, 2022 | [ENGLISH], Politics

On 3 November, António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, visited the University of Cambridge to receive an honorary doctorate. His words deserve particular mention and attention. Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, academics, students, civic leaders, ladies and...

ESF End-of-Year Update 2021

by Chuck Mays | Dec 20, 2021 | [ENGLISH], ESF (in English)

The Esperantic Studies Foundation had a busy and productive year in 2021 despite the limitations caused by the pandemic. In this post I’ll give some highlights since the update in July. The US Summer Esperanto Program (NASK) was held virtually again in 2021 with 68...

The history of the Vidyasagar Prize

by Probal Dasgupta | Dec 6, 2021 | [ENGLISH], History

When informing an international audience that the ministry of higher education in the government of West Bengal (an administrative area of India) has awarded the “Vidyasagar Prize” to an Esperantist in 2021, one must first say a few words among other things about...

Gamification of language-learning: LinguaPolis Esperanto

by Vita Kogan, Stas Kapustin | Nov 22, 2021 | [ENGLISH], Education

Gamification – using game thinking and game mechanics for educational purposes – is building momentum. Several academic journals are dedicated to this exciting new trend: the International Journal of Game-based Learning, Serious Games and the Electronic Journal of...

UEA.facila – for beginners

by Anna Lowenstein | Nov 3, 2021 | [ENGLISH], Education

Esperanto is the world’s easiest language, but even learning an easy language requires time and a certain amount of effort. What makes an easy language easy? Mainly its very simple and regular grammar. Famously, the basic grammar of Esperanto consists of only 16 rules...

Brian Kaneen: a major donor to the Esperantic Studies Foundation

by Wally du Temple | Oct 19, 2021 | [ENGLISH], ESF (in English), History

The Esperantic Studies Foundation (ESF) supports a wide range of interlingual research and educational initiatives around the world. Researchers and educators seeking support for interlanguage projects are encouraged to browse the website to learn whether ESF can...

Conlang Excursions 4: Saying a Lot with a Little

by Simon Davies | Oct 4, 2021 | [ENGLISH], Conlang Excursions

One of the factors that makes Esperanto relatively easy to learn is its method of creating new vocabulary by combining existing elements: domo “house”, dometo “cottage”, urbodomo “town hall”, samdomano “housemate” and so on. But the number of these building blocks has...

Montreal: Esperanto’s capital in 2022!

by Yevgeniya Amis | Sep 20, 2021 | [ENGLISH], Events

Montreal will be the capital city for Esperanto in 2022, because that’s where the next World Esperanto Congress will be held, from 6 to 13 August 2022. But what actually is the World Esperanto Congress? We spoke to the team of local organizers – the Local Congress...

PLPLE21: Workshop on Language Policy, Language Planning and Assessment in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean: Realities and Requirements

by Jorge Antonio Leoni de León | Aug 9, 2021 | [ENGLISH], Education

Costa Rica is a multilingual and multicultural society which, in addition to Spanish, uses several indigenous languages, one English-based creole and the Costa Rican Sign Language (LESCO), to which can be added the languages of immigrants who have arrived in the...