Comments on: Should you worry about the elf? http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/tefl/teacher-training/teaching-qualifications/should-you-worry-about-the-elf/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:21:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sandy http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/tefl/teacher-training/teaching-qualifications/should-you-worry-about-the-elf/#comment-2704 Sandy Tue, 13 May 2008 11:14:08 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1007#comment-2704 So, just when you thought Teflers had the obvious right to declare themselves the biggest bunch of drippy anoraks in existence, along comes ... Esperantists! The British Esperanto Congress?!? Jesus Christ...!!! So, just when you thought Teflers had the obvious right to declare themselves the biggest bunch of drippy anoraks in existence, along comes … Esperantists! The British Esperanto Congress?!? Jesus Christ…!!!

]]> By: Alex Case http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/tefl/teacher-training/teaching-qualifications/should-you-worry-about-the-elf/#comment-2703 Alex Case Tue, 13 May 2008 03:15:33 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1007#comment-2703 Nice idea, never gonna happen. Nice idea, never gonna happen.

]]> By: Bill Chapman http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/tefl/teacher-training/teaching-qualifications/should-you-worry-about-the-elf/#comment-2702 Bill Chapman Mon, 12 May 2008 12:42:40 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1007#comment-2702 Did you know that there's another candidate for lingua franca - Esperanto. I've just come back from the British Esperanto Congress, attended by people from ten countries. Esperanto is an emerging language, but catching on at great speed. See for example http://craig-in-nepal.blogspot.com/2007/11/friendly-people-friendly-language.html A good introduction is at www.esperanto.net I think that ELF wish shortly mean "Esperanto as a lLingua Franca. Did you know that there’s another candidate for lingua franca - Esperanto.

I’ve just come back from the British Esperanto Congress, attended by people from ten countries. Esperanto is an emerging language, but catching on at great speed. See for example http://craig-in-nepal.blogspot.com/2007/11/friendly-people-friendly-language.html

A good introduction is at http://www.esperanto.net

I think that ELF wish shortly mean “Esperanto as a lLingua Franca.

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