| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/28/26 |
| Title | [Teaching of languages, mainly Esperanto] |
| Date | 1922 - 1949 |
| Description | Correspondence between the NUWT, the World Union of Teacher Esperantists, the London Esperanto Club and the British Esperantist Scientific Association regarding the promotion and teaching of Esperanto.
This includes:
Invitation to submit a notice about the history and aims of the NUWT for publicaiton in the Year Book of the World Union of Teacher Esperantists
Invitation to a conference on Esperanto in Paris (letter in French)
Invitation to an international conference on Esperanto in Vienna
Invitation to events organised by the London Esperanto Club
NUWT agreement to advertise London Esperanto Club events on their headquarters notice board
Teaching of Basic English in schools
NUWT support for the teaching of an international auxiliary langauge as a second language in all schools
Letter from the Ido Centre offering to send information to the NUWT on another international auxiliary language, Ido, which they say is superior to Esperanto
Discussion of the teaching of foreign languages in primary and elementary schools
Press cuttings regarding:
Training of teachers to teach modern languages
Publications on Esperanto including :
'Step by step Esperanto - a simple textbook and reader', Montagu Butler, British Esperanto Association
'Esperanto for all', British Esperanto Association
'Espertanto for beginners', British Esperanto Association
Various leaflets produced by the British Esperanto Association
'Esperanto as an International Auxiliary Language', League of Nations, 1922
'International Pedagogical Review' - a list of organisations in favour of Esperanto (written in Esperanto)
Other publications:
'A Foreign language in the primary school', report written for the NUWT by Edith Crosby, 1926
'Modern languages in British education', Ministry of Reconstruction, 1919 |
| Extent | 2 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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