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Comment author: Eitan_Zohar 02 March 2014 10:24:19PM *  0 points [-]

Why did you learn Esperanto? Has it been useful to you?

Comment author: D_Malik 03 March 2014 02:46:00AM 3 points [-]

From back when I learned Esperanto, I remember talk of a study that showed that learning Esperanto for 1 month and then learning French for (say) 11 months results in better French than just spending the whole 12 months learning French. No link, might be apocryphal.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 03 March 2014 09:09:30PM *  -2 points [-]

I defy the data. I wouldn't care if you did have a citation, but I doubt it's a real study, too.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 03 March 2014 09:25:40PM 3 points [-]

Williams, N. (1965) 'A language teaching experiment', Canadian Modern Language Review 22.1: 26-28

Comment author: gwern 03 March 2014 11:42:50PM 0 points [-]

http://www.essex.ac.uk/langling/documents/elct/2013/esperanto_tool.pdf

The early research that does exist (e.g. Fisher, 1921; Halloran, 1952, Williams, 1965a, 1965b) is reported in brief terms and thus does not pass today’s quality standards

Also explains why there's no copy online.

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