ISSN 1084-9831 Esperantic Studies Foundation: Annual Report 2003 SUMMARY integration of its educational assets. The site was formally Number 15 presented at the CALICO and EuroCALL conferences in Winter 2003/04 In 2003, ESF's impact on the field of interlingual studies Ottawa, Canada and Limerick, Ireland and received and the teaching and learning of Esperanto grew favorable reviews from the expert public at these events. appreciably. The Foundation was active in lending The 3rd phase of Lernu’s development was recently In This Issue guidance and/or financial support to a diverse range of approved by the ESF Board of Directors. This phase will projects. Noteworthy projects for 2003 included the focus on improving the end-user experience, adding new development of innovative websites to support different Annual Report ..…………...1 learning content and options, and redesigning the website forms of interlingual learning and teaching; a pilot Haitao Liu .…...….…….…..1 architecture to accommodate a truly global audience of Events …....…..…….… 2 electronic corpus of two million words of Esperanto texts; tens or hundreds of thousands of registered users. Publications ….…………...3 feasibility studies related to intercultural learning and to Links ….…………………...4 the maintenance of accessible interlinguistic archives and edukado.net (www.edukado.net) libraries; and a comprehensive re-design and update of the The teaching support site "edukado.net", also a result of foundation’s website and online publication offerings. ESF's initiative, increased both its range of materials and Newsletter of the Overall, ESF was very successful in meeting its goals for its community of users over the course of the year. It now Esperantic Studies the year. We look forward to setting an equally ambitious reviews over 160 published textbooks and other teaching Foundation and diverse agenda for 2004. Already, work is progressing materials, and offers over 200 exercises, games, tests and Incorporated in on a number of interesting and exciting projects. other classroom materials formerly unavailable to Washington, DC, USA Esperanto teachers. For 2004, plans have been made to PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES prepare the site to accommodate an increasing user base, W: www.esperantic.org to continue with the review and integration of new E: [email protected] EDUCATION materials, and to develop tools to encourage greater Contact c/o the office of the lernu! (www.lernu.net) interactivity amongst its user population. The edukado.net Executive Director (below) team will also seek to increase Asian usage of the site at The free, web-based learning environment "lernu!", whose development was initiated by ESF, came online in the 2004 World Esperanto Congress in Beijing, China. Board of Directors December 2002, and by December 2003 had attracted Lingva Prismo (www.lingvo.info) Humphrey Tonkin 4,440 registered users, while extending the range of Lingva Prismo is an introductory-level website on University of Hartford courses, support tools, and other materials multilingualism. The chief purpose of the site is to Jonathan Pool available. "Lernu" was profiled in Issue 14 of our introduce viewers to the complexities of the world Centerplex Esperantic Studies newsletter. Essentially, it is a multi- language situation and the variety of ways peoples of the faceted and multi-lingual web-based platform designed to David Jordan world undertake to manage or cope with these issues. teach Esperanto to the uninitiated as well as intermediate UC San Diego Interlingual Education Network Registered Users 4440 Grant Goodall In November 2003, ESF convened a meeting of educators UC San Diego # of User Logins 3737 from the global Esperanto community to discuss new User Levels educational initiatives for 2004. ESF remains committed Ian Richmond First Time 2062 to playing a proactive role in encouraging dialogue Université Sainte-Anne Basic 1307 amongst Esperanto educators around the globe. Mark Fettes Intermediate 371 Continued over… Simon Fraser University Advanced 179 *as of December, 2003 Interviews With Interlinguists: Administration level speakers. The site is unique for its engaging, Professor Haitao Liu, Beijing, China Jason M. Clark interactive, multimedia courses; its worldwide, “live” Editor/Executive Assistant virtual group lessons and for matching students with The Chinese interlinguist Haitao Liu has, for more than a [email protected] st nd rd decade inside and outside of China, published a Course & Level 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module considerable amount on interlinguistics and the scientific Executive Director Ana Pana (1) 1349 549 180 treatment of Esperanto (see www.liuhaitao.net/eniro.html). (Research & Grants) Ana renkontas (2) 143 75 37 Mark Fettes, Ph.D. Jen nia IJK (3) 478 173 84 He has edited (with Sabine Fiedler) many books on Gerda Malaperis! (4) 501 95 32 interlinguistics and he is a member of the editorial Faculty of Education * Completion rates for all courses committee of the journal Esperantologio – Esperanto Simon Fraser University Studies. In this issue, we present excerpts from an personal tutors. It also functions as a gateway to a global, 8888 University Way interview published in Issue 42 of the Esperanto journal online Esperanto community. Lernu’s evolution for 2003 Burnaby, B.C. IpI. This interview is translated from the original Canada V5A 1S6 focused primarily on the continued development and Esperanto by J. M. Clark. [email protected] Continued over… Annual Report con’t Interlinguistic Events September 19 – 21, 2003 Interkulturo (www.interkulturo.net) from July 5 - 23. A special seminar for Esperanto Languages and Cultures in the Interkulturo was initially conceived to support teachers featuring the most modern instructional 21st Century: Problems and intercultural learning among classrooms in different methods in teaching languages will be offered. Perspectives countries and continents using Esperanto as a bridge Individuals interested in learning more about NASK Where: Republic of Dagestan, language. In its initial phase, the project established or enrolling for the 2004 session are invited to visit Russia. Organized by the Moskva 97 classes in 28 countries around the world and has the NASK website. Helsinka Grupo, Rusia Esperantista brought together more than 2000 students between Unio and the Rakurs organization. the ages of 4 and 18. In 2003, ESF supported the Berkeley Student Program piloting of a new phase of the program, involving ESF completed its fifth year of support for the October 02 – 04, 2003 student-taught Esperanto course at the University of International Conference On the redesign of its web-based “virtual school” environment and its expansion into less formal California at Berkeley. This year marked the Language In The Era of educational settings. The project was presented at graduation of one of its original teachers: Stelet Globalization international conferences on intercultural learning in Mina Kim. She has been replaced by another Where: Baruch College (CUNY), Finland and Italy and has received support from a Berkeley student: Josh Brandt-Young. ESF support New York, NY, USA. For more provides funds for teaching materials as well as a information see: www.linguistlist.org/ variety of organizations including the Council of Europe and European Commission as well as ESF. modest scholarship for the teachers. December 2003 th Summer Esperanto Institute (NASK) Interlinguistics Certificate Program 10 Amsterdam Interlinguistic (www.esperanto.org/nask) ESF continued to provide scholarship support for Symposium th students enrolled in the Interlinguistics certificate Where: University of Amsterdam The 34 North America Summer Esperanto Institute For more information contact Wim (NASK) was held in July at the School for program at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. Awardees come from Russia, Germany, Jansen ([email protected]). International Training (SIT) in Brattleboro, Vermont. This year’s instructors included Paul Lithuania, France and Iran. March 21 – 27, 2004 Gubbins (UK), Lee Miller (USA) and S. Stemec INTERLINGUISTIC RESEARCH Pan-American Esperanto (CR). The NASK curriculum features a three level Congress program of study which emphasizes the active use of Amsterdam Symposium & Meetings Where: Havana, Cuba Esperanto in intercultural communication, and the In 2003, ESF provided funding for the second For information see: creative application of the language in literature, interlinguistics colloquium at the University of www.gratisweb.com/diaznorberto/aatekstoj/bul teno6take.htm theatre and song. The 2004 Institute will be held Amsterdam, and for international meetings in Continued on page 4 July 08 – 10, 2004 Language and the Future of Europe: Ideologies, Policies and Haitao Liu con’t many perspectives. I believe that interlinguists must Practices Where: Southampton, England. For respond to all questions about interlinguistic DB: How did you come to interlinguistics, and more information see: communication, not just those about interpersonal www.lang.soton.ac.uk/lipp/ when did it become a major interest for you? issues, but also about communication between people and computers. I try to investigate the roots HTL: I became interested in languages around 1980. Research News of interlinguistics in many sciences and explore the At that time, I was studying information science in significance of interlinguistics for other sciences. I university. In China, it is very difficult to change Esperanto Corpus Available can read documentation