Dear Ms. Cárdenas - What a very inclusive list. Sadly - I live in San Diego and never even knew that UCSD had a summer course.
I will certainly check out the resources you provided. If you can ever get Babelfish to provide an Esperanto translation - I'm there!! Regards - Susan On Jan 28, 2008 11:26 AM, Mar Stelo Kardenas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kara Susan, > > Dankon pro via demando. Ni audas ghin ege ofte. =) > > Thank you for your question. We hear it quite often. =) > > Here are some samples of Esperanto's use nowadays: > > 1. Scout troops: http://www.esperanto.org/skolta/en/ > > 2. Rotary organizations: > http://radesperanto.monsite.wanadoo.fr/page2.html > > 3. Summer course in Univ. of CA - San Diego. This course, known as NASK, > has been going on since 1970 in the US. > http://www.esperanto.org/nask/progoveran.php A similar program for kids is > also planned this year, to take place at the same time. > > 4. 15th most popular language in Wikipedia. For the Esperanto versio, > visit: http://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%88efpa%C4%9Do > > 5. Petition for Esperanto in the UN > http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/esperanto > > 6. Courses offered in universities and higher learning institutions in 27 > countries. Several offer bachelors and masters degrees. > > 7. For information in the US: www.esperanto-usa.org > > 8. The Polish government will give away 400,000 DVDs with an Esperanto > course in September http://www.liberafolio.org/2008/bjalistokakd > > 9. Claude Piron, a UN translator, just made this informational mini-video > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU > > 10. A map that shows the people who are learning through > http://en.Lernu.net can be found here > http://en.lernu.net/komunikado/uzantoj/mapo.php > > More info about him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Piron > > Even Google recomends learning it! =) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FVme_xIRYk (Watch toward the end.) > > Martha Cárdenas, M.Ed. - San Diego - www.GrupoAmikema.org > > --- In [email protected], "Susan Hazel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Hi - > > > > I don't mean any disrespect by asking this - but is Esperanto really > that > > much in use? I remember hearing about it decades ago, but then nothing > > since. > >
