Listen to the tape and answer the following questions

1. +When and by whom was Esperanto invented?

It was invented in 1887 by a Polish doctor Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof

2. +Where do its vocabulary and grammar come from? The vocabulary is Mainly from Western-European languages and the grammar is similar to Slavic languages.

3. +What does it sound like? Italian

4. +How many people speak it? By approximately 8 mln people

5. +What does the name “Esperanto” mean? hopefull

6. +What is the central idea of Esperanto? it was Zamenhof's hope that a common language would promote a friendship and an understanding amongst all people of the world.

7. +What are the advantages of Esperanto as a world language? The advantages of the world being able to talk freely to each other about business, politics, culture, sport, hobbies. The main advantage, as I see it, is that Esperanto is a neutral language. It doesn't have the national, political, and cultural bias that all others of course have. If everybody has to learn a second language, then everybody is equal

8. +What are the main problems of learning English? For many it's a waste of time, energy, and money. The other thing that must be said is that English is by no means an easy language to learn. There is the problem of spelling, of the large number of exceptions to any rule, it is very idiomatic and the prepositions are terrible! English is one of those languages which for many seems easy in the beginning, but then the bridge between basic knowledge and mastery takes a long time to cross, and many people give up.

9. +What is the tense system of Esperanto like? Esperanto is a very easy language to learn. The tense system has none of the complications of English, and the grammar is based on just sixteen rules which have no exceptions

10. +How many vowels are there in Esperanto and in English? There are five vowel sounds in Esperanto and 20 in English.

11. +In which countries is Esperanto quite popular? Esperanto is taught in many schools in Yugoslavia and Hungary. China is very interested.

4. Complete the statements in your own words:

1. Why should people have to learn English? For many it’s … world spread, has a transatlantic connection, the language of politics, science, business etc

2. The other thing that must be said is that English is by no means an easy language to learn: it has quite simple rules, part if them is similar to Russian, there are also some exceptions to remember and lots of words doesn’t change their forms ect … …

3.English is one of those languages that seem easy in the beginning but … … but then the bridge between basic knowledge and mastery takes a long time to cross, and many people give up.

1. Esperanto is a very easy language to learn. … The most remarkable thing is that after avery short time learners find that they can express quite sophisticated ideas, the same sort of things that they would want to say in their own language

5. Guess what the following words in Esperanto mean in English:

1) Dankon! – Thank you!

2) Bonvolu. -Please

3) Bone!- Good!

4) Estas bela tago. - It's a beautiful day

5) Mi amas vin. - I love you.

6) Gis la revido! –???

7) Mi nomigas – My name is

8) Mi ne comprenas vin.– I don’t understand you.

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