Esperanto & Peace Culture

1 Week Course in Vélez-Málaga, Spain. Release: July / August 2022.

Erasmus+ Esperanto course, the international language for a Culture of Peace and Tolerance

Course Description:

Esperanto, the international language for a Culture of Peace and Tolerance. With approximately two million speakers around the world, Esperanto is considered a national intangible cultural heritage in Poland and Croatia, and a living language in Hungary where it is possible to be officially examined of this language to get a bachelor’s degree. From its beginnings, Esperanto was linked with the values of peace, tolerance, respect, and Human Rights.

International institutions like UNESCO recommend studying this language as a perfect tool to spread values of peace and tolerance and facilitate communication and understanding between different cultures. Esperanto has a huge literary tradition from all the countries around the world with an important historical presence in several communities of Europe, Brasil, China, and Japan. Esperanto is currently experiencing a new renaissance on the Internet and in the classrooms as a vehicle for integration and intercultural communication and as an accelerator and training model to learn any language.

Activities: Local excursion included.

Methods: Digital explanation, Storytelling, Project-Based Learning, and Socratic dialogue.

Concepts:

• History of Esperanto.
• Esperanto as a language of peace.
• The propedeutic value of Esperanto and its educational possibilities.
• Phonetics and writing.
• Names, adjectives, and adverbs.
• The verbal system.

Objectives:

• Learn about the history and culture of the international Esperanto language.
• Know the values of peace and intercultural education linked to Esperanto.
• Learn the basic grammar of the language.
• Practical use of Esperanto in the classroom.