nornen | 2015

Concerning the aforementioned propaedeutic value of Esperanto:

Basically studying any foreign language will help the learner to more easily learn other foreign languages in the future. The big step is the first foreign language as it removes some mental blocks and teaches us that (to use Christa's words) "language X is not just English with other words."

For instance in Germany, Latin classes are always praised for their propaedeutic value, saying that if you study Latin then any other foreign language will come easily to you.

What brings more propaedeutic value? A language which is closely related to your mother tongue or a language which is very different from it?

What special propaedeutic value has Esperanto that other languages lack? If we want to promote Esperanto for this reason we should have a good answer to this question. The fact that it is highly regular isn't enough, as there are several (many?) national languages which are highly regular, too (mostly agglutinating or isolating ones).

Why Esperanto and not for instance Mandarin? Or Turkish? Or Toki Pona?

Especially Toki Pona. It is also a constructed language, but never intended to be an IAL. And due to its design criteria it really helps you realize and analyze an important item: the stony way from signifiant to signifié. You don't have to focus on participles, agreement rules, tenses or number, you get down to the very basics of language. sina wile kama soma e toki sin la toki Epelanto li pona lili tawa sina. taso ni la toki pona li pona suli tawa sina.

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