Learn Esperanto - Direct Method 01

[@imogenegiselle]

My mind is blown. I wish all languages were taught like this.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

It takes a lot of time and work on a teacher's part to implement this method.

[@turbopotato4575]

@@learnesperanto-directmetho4864 For one teacher yes, but it only needs to be made once. Ideally you could have several teachers collaborating to make one perhaps paid resource.

[@erickmacias5153]

Maybe you would like to check the app Drops, it teaches you in a similar way, I personally do not like it that much, but you can check by yourselves:)

[@cbrauts707]

The problem is: Esperanto was built to be easy to speak and understand. It's the easiest language to learn.

[@IN-pr3lw]

Spanish is taught like this Dreaming Spanish website has thousands of Spanish videos based on this method

[@leti_ci_a]

This is what Stephen Krashen talks about, comprehensible imput. I wish all the languages were taught like that.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Same

[@michaw7408]

Starting new year with a resolution to finally get fluent in Esperanto. Wish me luck!

[@stefang5639]

I was sure that this would get boring after the third repetition, but I actually watched it to the end. It is almost hypnotising, I like it a lot. Plus non-english-native people like me can learn with these videos very well.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Glad to hear! That was one of my fears.

[@michaelham2366]

I agree: I found myself following along and enjoying it. In some ways (and in some contexts) repetition is satisfying - this seems to be one.

[@nostreamgia]

True. My native language is not English (It's my second language), but the tutorial is very good!

[@Vince_Allison]

You should setup a YT channel membership or Patreon, I'd definitely donate to support this series.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Thanks! My patreon is now in the description of the films. I can’t setup a KZbin membership until I’m a 1000 subs from memory.

[@EduardoSanzio]

@@learnesperanto-directmetho4864 Yet you're growing so fast you're half way there already

[@Humma_Kavula]

@@learnesperanto-directmetho4864 So close!! Thank you so much for taking the time and effort out to do all this man. It's incredibly well appreciated from us all.

[@puppycatsupremacy]

@@learnesperanto-directmetho4864look at how far you've come in these 3 years :) i'm so mad i didn't find this channel sooner, it's fantastic

[@neogoo123]

I've got to say, I never had much drive to learn Esperanto. I knew what it was and a bit about it's history, but it never really stuck out to me. Hearing it in this context makes it feel so much more alive than what I previously heard from it, and now can't wait to see more!

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

That is awesome to hear :D

[@mjhacker]

"Vi estas Francis." Kio? Mi ne estas Francis, mi esta-- "Vi estas Francis." Mi... estas... Francis...? "VI ESTAS FRANCIS!" Jes, mi estas Francis, mia dio. Serioze, ĉi tio estis vere bonfarita. Dankon!

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Vi estas bona Francis

[@lyingcat9022]

Funny!!! Sorta felt like I too was being hypnotized into thinking I was a small child named Francis ha! Even more funny! I only learned this language even existed two days ago. One day of looking around online, signing up for Lernu.net and I pretty much understand this entire joke :) That’s freaking amazing to me!!!

[@frechjo]

Ni ĉiuj estas Francis. Nia dio nomiĝis nin tiel, estas nia honoro porti tian sakran nomon.

[@shybound5905]

i feel like an infant being taught language for the first time

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

And you'll be all the better for it :)

[@johneyon5257]

it strongly represents how we learned our first language - without textbooks arranged by grammar rules - we learned by watching and listening - except in this case - our teacher has with great effort arranged the conversations into bite-sized pieces that build up our conversational skill - i've been looking - hunting - searching - for this - you can't' imagine how excited i was to find this

[@puppycatsupremacy]

it's the best way to learn!

[@VanegeEsperanto]

Bona video por memeuloj. Ili povas ŝanĝi la enhavon de la tabulo. nice cat

[@andrew6855]

Wow, you're a really good teacher. Confident, instructive and keeping it simple. Too many teachers try to dive into all the different 'exceptions' which will just go over a beginners head. Not you though. I've always believed in the 'direct method' but you execute it perfectly. I wished you did this with more languages or perhaps hired people that spoke other languages and made videos with you as part of a small company.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Thank you so much for those kind words. Unfortunately, the only other language I speak is Mandarin and I'm not a native so if I do one day decide to teach it I would have to get natives involved.

[@johneyon5257]

there shouldn't be any exceptions in Esperanto - that was a prime motive in its development

[@LeFlamel]

I like to think you remember our little discussions, but something I don't think I've ever expressed to you is how ridiculously incredible you are as a person. You've done more for your ideals than pretty much anyone I know at anything, and it's kind of inspiring.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

I remember our discussions :) Thank you so much for you kind words!

[@adriancarreira243]

I never been a fan of the Direct Method based on my experience learning Italian with a teacher who used said method, but the method didn't worked with me, mainly because she didn't used the practice of gestures and drawings. I will watch this videos with enthusiasm

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

I hope this series works for you. I find that a direct method approach needs a lot of thinking on the teachers part. The good thing with videos is I can take my time and plan out each lesson to be as effective as possible. Hopefully I achieve that.

[@michaelham2366]

It strikes me that one can effectively use not only gestures and drawings, but also photographs, maps, and charts and props such as: cookware and tableware; articles of clothing; tools; household supplies, models (trains, planes, buildings, boats, etc.), and so on.

[@rayrayray1342]

Bro this new system is blowing my Mind!! Im liking it XD

[@probrickgamer]

This was actually a blast to watch and very helpful. I didn't appreciate being called a homo though half way through

[@ericmbambo701]

Mi ŝatas ĉi tiun metodon. Dankon Evildea.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Nedankinde

[@hieutrantrung3570]

It's amazing how I can understand this language this much. Thank you.

[@DaisyKayBirch]

Thank you! Hope this series goes viral. So many benefits to this method: It's accessible to ANY language speaker, at any level. Any confusion and challenge means it's being retained (with practice) in long term memory.

[@teresita.lozada]

Watching KZbin videos about the Latin language, made me come back here to start Esperanto all over again in the morning and French at night. More videos, please!!. Dankon!.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Full course so far is here: kzbin.info/aero/PL5buyXOt7rUYUcw7E-NFpiglAivc8ZRnM

[@teresita.lozada]

@@learnesperanto-directmetho4864 I am sooo excited. Dankon!

[@grbear01]

This is my first and only experience with Esperanto. I think I understood almost every word in this lesson. I speak Spanish so a lot of the vocab looked familiar to me. Great job on this video! I look forward to learning more.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Excellent! I only recently started making this course but have 6 videos up already for you to try out! Good luck :D

[@popypedia]

i love this method, i just watch it yesterday and will rewatch again

[@BigWelt]

This is excellent! The best teaching method I have eperienced.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

I hope you continue learning! :D

[@masonernest8953]

I have got to see where this goes. I'm subscribed and can't wait for the rest.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Thanks!

[@Grr1967]

Very cool video! Would be insteresting to see how the method cope with more abstract terms, but I guess I'll have to watch out in the next videos :-)

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Excellent to hear!

[@neopagan1976]

Wow! I see how you're doing this! I think this's the best method for learning a language. This method's far easier for me to understand and pick up on.

[@glitchforum]

WOW, I was kind of scared going into it but yeah that stuff sticks.

[@ahmadawlagi6481]

I knew about this method before but it didn't know it's name I really wanted to look it up THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@michaelham2366]

One great advantage of a direct-method course is that it can be used by any student, regardless of the student's native language. That is, make a variety of Esperanto Direct Method 01 videos (perhaps 00 would be better - math textbooks often have a Chapter 0 just to set out the basic foundation the course presumes): separate videos for speakers of English, French, German, Norwegian, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese, Maori, Tamil, Swahili, etc. - you can probably get volunteers who are native speakers of those languages to make the videos using the script (which you would provide in Esperanto) to create the video in their native language. Then Direct Method 02 can be used by ALL - it becomes a Universal Course in the Universal language. I look forward to this.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

My focus will first be to build out a decent library of videos. Once I’ve done that I’ll get others to make some intro films in different languages for me.

[@michaelham2366]

@@learnesperanto-directmetho4864 - Excellent. I had a few more thoughts, and put them in a blog post (leisureguy.wordpress.com/2020/06/08/the-direct-method-of-teaching-esperanto-via-youtube/). As I note there, a full script is not needed for the Chapter 0 native-language video - a simple bulleted list of points to make and points to stress is sufficient (one point being to provide a link to the Chapter 1 video of the main course). That list should, obviously, be in Esperanto - the whole point is to finesse translations. The Chapter 0 bulleted list doesn't need to be distributed: just include it in the text description of your own chapter 0 where Esperantists in various countries can see it. Given the enthusiasm for the language (and the teaching of it) that most Esperantists seem to have, I don't think you'll have to get others to make Chapter 0 videos for you, I think such videos will be spring up in a variety of languages simply because some will be moved to make them as a contribution to the spread of Esperanto - especially since by making one brief video in their native language they can direct people to an entire course that is accessible to them (because it uses direct method). What''s more, I think your direct-method course will serve as a common core for add-on videos. That is, some of these enthusiasts will later make videos in Esperanto, using your course as the foundation - that is, they can assume that their viewers have acquired the Esperanto taught in your course, so they can build on that to provide ancillary instruction (in Esperanto) in their own country's culture (foods, fashions, etc.) and/or their own areas of interest (hobbies, occupations, gardening, etc.). With your DM core course as the basis (and exemplifying the method), others can build outward in branches, especially since they can use the basic Esperanto taught in your course. One thing that might help those wanting to make add-on videos: in the text comment on each of your video, list the Esperanto words introduced in the video - just the Esperanto, though later in the course brief definitions in Esperanto could be included, though at that point a link to www.simplavortaro.org might serve even better. The list of "available vocabulary" would be helpful as a quick review for students and as a guide for those who want to make add-ons: that would be the Esperanto they could use in their add-on without having to explain it. I would expect these add-on videos to use some direct-method tools used - that is, only Esperanto spoken, along with support materials specific to what they are teaching - materials such as pictures, diagrams, gestures, props (tools, models, clothing, musical instruments, etc.) to use in teaching the specialized vocabulary (the basic vocabulary already provided via your course). In summary, I think you're really onto something. You might want to include a "contribute" button so that people who enjoy the course can contribute some to defray production expenses.

[@mithradates]

​@@learnesperanto-directmetho4864 Hi Evildea, Francis here (apparently). I've had a lot of luck with this method before by taking a copyright-free story (I chose Bram Stoker's Dracula) and then completely rewriting the first 20 or so chapters due to the lack of words. Then after that it reaches a point where you can start following the original story using the grammar and vocabulary the students now know and then it goes from there. Then by the end you are pretty much just translating the story almost word for word. Just thought I'd mention the story hook because that seems to be the thing that helps bring a massive series like this to a conclusion while giving the students something to look forward to every episode / chapter.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Yes, I plan to start reading later on in the language and explaining unknown words as we reach them using the words the listener already knows.

[@alexad2022]

Loved this! Can't wait for the rest of the series!

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Two more are already up on the channel :D

[@thescousecleaner]

Dude I'm 30 seconds into the vid and I already love it. You're so amazingly dedicated and genuinely passionate.

[@PaulA-hv4cd]

This is hilarious but has genuinely been super helpful in memorising

[@holleholtz9185]

💖💖💖👍😃 Thank you Just found these lessons Starting today 😁 (Love your old stuff that I listened to a lot!) So happy to find new content from you!

[@alexeijennings2970]

Looking forward to more videos in this series! I'm subscribed.

[@yvonnepaul3644]

Wow!! What a super way of teaching! I´m an English coach for beginners and your method is so great! Thanks for this inspration! Learning this way is funny and easy. And I also want to say that you are so likeable. :-)

[@manarmustafa4105]

I understood 95% of the vedio you are really talented

[@serdip]

Saluton kaj Dankon! Vi estas tre bona instruisto kaj vi jam instruis min multe. Bonvolu pardoni min cxar mi faris multajn erarojn. Gxis la revido.

[@gabiesperanto289]

I started to learn Esperanto just two days ago. I want to make a kind of experiment, am I able to learn a new language using only internet, KZbin and mobile application? Let's see! I have watched this first episode and I bought is straight away. This is how I learned English language back in the day 😊. Subscribed at first sight!

[@Stevesteacher]

At first I was like "Oh no... This sounds like it's going to be incredibly difficult...", but it ended up being AWESOME, it didn't feel like I was translating it, my brain just ticked and I understood, it didn't feel unnatural, it felt like I was listening to someone speak in Afrikaans (my native language) or English Thank you so much :)

[@veldhuis94]

Oh man I knew nothing of Esperanto and now I want to learn it. Subscribed 👍🏻 this method works already!!

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

I’m so happy to hear this :)

[@MoreContentPlease]

Vi estas *tiel* aminda, tiu maniero de instrui vere montriĝas agrabla!

[@accordionnewbie9872]

This is so good. I'm going to show this to my kids tomorrow. Ĉi tio estas tiel bona. Mi montros al miaj infanoj ĉi morgaŭ.

[@MaxLatif]

Brilliant !!!! Didn't expect to see this the first youtube result !!!! I LOVE it already

[@Rebecca-lx5yh]

Great to find an Aussie speaker, gives me hope I can do it!

[@The-nn6kr]

This is so much easier! Thank you!!

[@MrNguyenhuynhlam]

Great method! Thank you. Dankon!

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

You're welcome!

[@thethumb6401]

Dude, you got some serious skills! Thanks brother!

[@Meric_N]

Génial. Thanks for it.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Glad you like it!

[@janailsonprado]

Great video! I wanna learn English this way too! 🙏🙏👏👏👏👏

[@christiancarter255]

Love it love it!!! Thanks mate :) I got to look up this very concept for when learning other languages, like Persian.

[@Ihor_Ab]

Please continue to do that you do🙏🙏🙏

[@sorenpx]

This is pretty good. Thanks for this! I intend to check out the rest of the series.

[@SkyyGod64_ACTUAL]

I understood every word except atendu which I presume means something along the lines of pay attention or watch. Will be watching everything you post bro!

[@imidsikkey]

That was great. I'm just playing with the language at the moment, I'm mostly monolingual (I speak broken Greek). I find this a really easy way to memorise thing. I suppose it's like a baby learning a word for the first time

[@ddk]

Ho, vi estas ja Evildea! Mi [recognize]as via [voice]on.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Hehe Jes ja, mi estas Evildea. Vi sukcese rekonis mian voĉon.

[@jasonsdodd]

I was hoping to find something like this. I've been thinking about learning a language by a similar method. Only I was thinking that a lesson would start with one or two words from the known language and building from there. Glad I found something similar already exists. Looking forward to taking the course.

[@Ihor_Ab]

Thank you so so so much!!!!🙏🙏 🙏 Great, amazing lesson 👍👍👍👍

[@macabreramac]

Awesome method! Thanks for your work!

[@makraibalint887]

Thx for the video it was very intresting and funny this is the best away to learn esperanto thank you!!

[@jaylen_1370]

I think this type of videos can definitely go viral. Unfortunately, if it was another language it would probably would have more probability of going viral because there isn't many people that are interested in Esperanto.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

That's probably true. Hopefully, however, these videos will bring more people to Esperanto. A language I love and find valuable :)

[@jaylen_1370]

@@learnesperanto-directmetho4864 I found you because someone reposted you on Reddit r/languagelearning. I suggest, if you don't already have, to check that community, it's truly great.

[@MrLanchbury]

Really interesting! Was able to mostly follow it without knowing anything about the language.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

I’m really interested to know what parts you found hard since you don’t speak the language. That way I can try improve on my next video with that in mind.

[@MrLanchbury]

I assumed the wrong meaning for the word estas. Switched between "name is" and "am" in my mind. Watching it again, it's obvious my mistake now.

[@parnikkapore]

@@MrLanchbury I have the same concern that someone might think "estas" means "nomigxas" early in the video. But by the time you got to "Mi estas homo" people would start scratching their heads ;)

[@Dreamcentralproductions]

Dankon! This video is super helpful!

[@jacobandersen9912]

Wow. I appreciate your effort

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

It's my pleasure

[@tubetof]

Dankon Evildea! Via ideo estas bonega!! If you want i can provide you with french and italian subtitles of the first minutes of introduction, so more people could potentially join.

[@DaisyKayBirch]

THANK YOU Evildea (Goodea? :-) I highly recommend this series--As a neurocoach; It's the best I've seen so far. It ends up being quicker because it sticks, and is brain-healthy. My hubby & I are busy, but loving it (1 vid per day). I see it as a substantial contribution to Esperanto and to relationships. How can we make this go viral? 🌿💚🌿

[@Erzlump]

Loved this. Subscribed :) please keep this up it's so helpful

[@gintaliatukaite2652]

Saluton, Evildea! Nun, kiam en la mondo regas la malgajeco pro la Korona-pandemio, estas gaje sekvi viajn ESPERANTO lecionojn. Dankon, ke vi faras ilin sur video kaj tiamaniere disvastigas Esperanton en la mondo. Gxis!👍

[@krenciak]

"This is very skiny version of you" So it's a natural version of me xDDDDD

[@robertodonascimentobatista6030]

Gratulon! Por via metodo!

[@solidbanjobanjo9367]

Fantastic video

[@teresita.lozada]

Subscribed!. Dankon!

[@geraldwagner8739]

Saluton mia dio. Vi estas bonega instruisto de Esperanto. Kaj vi estas ankaŭ bonega ambasadoro de ĉi tiu lingvo.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Dankon!!!

[@PoliticVibes]

tysm, its really good method to learn.

[@romantolkunov2711]

wow it's so crazy god i love it

[@AncientNovelist]

Bona leciono, sed eble pli bona diri 'Mi estas instruisto, vi estas studento.' Kial? Ĉar mi ne estas Francis, mi estas Pearson.

[@alistairmcelwee7467]

This was the method I learnt to teach TOEFL English. It really works. Stick with it. Although, if an English speaker, you’ll never quite see the accusative case (object case) the same way again! But this is the current way to teach English to non-English speakers. My guess is it’s used to teach other languages also.

[@Peacewind152]

I understood everything. Wow...

[@DavidJosephDanbee]

This was awesome. Than you.

[@iknowyouwanttofly]

Saluton Evildea! Mi ne estas Francis. :p Mi estas Fredrika.

[@zaxxon1381]

Sin duda aprender esperanto de esta forma es la base para aprender otros idiomas.

[@OckhamsChainsaw1337]

I love this, thank you so much!

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Thanks!

[@LanguageStuff]

Cool stuff, man!

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Thanks man!

[@michaelshort2388]

this is great. One video in and I already know more than Duolingo has been teaching me lol

[@sophiel2568]

I'm French and I'm in !

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Excellent

[@Dimadobrinja]

Vortaro: 1. Saluton!🙋‍♂️ 2. Mi🧏‍♂️ 3. Vi 4. estas 5. Atendu!🤚 6. Ne❌ 7. Bone👍 8. Malbone👎 9. Homo🧍‍♂️ 10. Kato🐈‍⬛ 11. Besto🐶 12. Hundo🐕 13. kaj 14. Bestoj🐶🐱 15. Ĝi 16. Ĝis🙋‍♂️

[@anomystic]

Saluton. Mi estas lernado Esperanto. Mi estas komencanto. Tri tagoj. Mi Havas unu hundon. Lia nomo estas Oliver.

[@lyingcat9022]

Wow! Bona! Vi ne wait to watch el rest of this series :) How’s mia Englanto? ;) Like you said this could be slow and not perfectly paced for everyone but I really ami(?) this style! This is a much more immersive way of learning. I’m a Programmer and enjoy digging deep under the hood of many programming languages. So I read a lot of technical documentation. I enjoy discovering the most basic mechanics of how something work on the lowest level, while at the same time learning to create something useful at the highest level. I mention this because I plan on watching all the videos while at the same time researching the lower level mechanics of this language... all languages in general I suppose:) Hopefully working from both ends will help me like it does in other areas.

[@christiancarter255]

Vi? :)

[@retsreinyrelgeinthrelaveri1456]

Please make a video about accusative case I am so confused about it

[@just_girls0013]

Wow it was amazing 😍

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@LionKimbro]

Oh! I have wanted TPRS for Esperanto for so long! I'm so glad! And taught by Evildea, mia dio! But -- shouldn't 11:02 say, "Mi estas dio. Vi estas homo. NI estas estuloj." ..?

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Lion Kimbro Haha. Then everyone be walking around saying “Vi estas Dio” to everyone :p

[@beares6281]

Vi estas tre bona sed, la prononco de vortoj kiel "homoj" kaj "bestoj" ĉiam havas la akcenton sur la unua silabo, ne sur la "o" de "oj".

[@michaelshort2388]

Saluton. Mi estas Michael. :)

[@sriramiyer9840]

Everything about your hooman language is good, but you kato and hunto languages and next level

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Haha! Thanks for the laugh

[@sivolc59]

kiu estas la libro ke vi uzas?

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Mi ne vere uzas libron. Mi simple kreas la kurson surbaze de miaj multjaraj spertoj kiel instruisto. Mi iomete uzis "Esperanto per rekta metodo" sed nur iomete.

[@eljuano28]

Bonŝancon, Riĉardo. Mi lernis plej bone per la Bensona Universala Esperanto Metodo, do mi scias ke iutempoj oni lernas plibonan per unu aŭ iu ajn vojo. Ĉi tiu estas tre bona ideo por krei ĉi videoj.

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Dankon amiko

[@eljuano28]

Ho!!! Mi montris ĉi videon al unu el miaj filoj, kiu havas dek ses jarojn kaj li amis ĝin! Li eble nun volas lerni de vi!!! Nova komencanto!!!

[@memesahoy79]

Everyone named Francis this video is for you.

[@ianlets7531]

Evildea how about starting a Patreon account? I would love to see more Esperanto lessons from you using the direct method. I'm sure there others that feel the same.

[@JoshO423]

I can never get over hearing your name as “Evil Deer” 😅

[@meshben7125]

Sorry but I'm confused by atendu does it mean wait or attention?and does gi mean it?

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

It means "wait" and ĝi means "it". So you've understood correctly :) At first if you aren't 100% sure on a word just watch the next video and the next one as each video should reinforce the actual meaning.

[@meshben7125]

@@learnesperanto-directmetho4864 thanks for the videos! I learned more here than with any resource I could find

[@stefang5639]

Hey I posted about this on reddit and people are confused where to find the next videos. Could you put them in a playlist, link them or do whatever magic it takes that the next video will follow after this one?

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Hey, here is a playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL5buyXOt7rUYUcw7E-NFpiglAivc8ZRnM I can't put clickable links on the screen to the next film or make it automatically start playing the next film as that feature is reserved for KZbinrs with 1000 or more subscribers :(

[@stefang5639]

@@learnesperanto-directmetho4864 ah interesting, I did not know that. This explains all the small KZbinrs pointing into the edges at the end of their videos without having links there.

[@LewisCampbellTech]

mi ne estas kato

[@learnesperanto-directmetho4864]

Bone!

[@theodiscusgaming3909]

Your cat noises are very realistic