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[โ€“] kubofhromoslav@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you are website enjoyer, https://lernu.net/ is a solid, free of charge web course in many languages, with big community.ย 

I have also heard good reviews on the Zagreb Method - https://esperanto12.net/

If you prefer apps, https://www.duolingo.com/ works great in English, if a lot of examples is your way to go.

Of you are a book person, I have read that "Complete Esperanto" by Tim Owen is highly acclaimed. Also "Esperanto per rekta metodo" ("Esperanto by direct method", so directly on Esperanto with elimination of translations) works great for many people.

Some very basic stuff, mostly list of common phases for traveling, it's available at Wikivoyage, in several languages ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q143#sitelinks-wikivoyage

Using Anki flashcards helps to memorize words, but I am not using it so I am not sure where to find the data to use...

If you prefer in-person course, you may ask people from the Esperanto organization in your country (see https://uea.org/landoj), or visit some meeting to get in-depth answers and make new friends (see https://eventaservo.org/).

Ultimately, it depends on your learning style to select (or create) a learning process, but these are solid. Enjoy, and please comment here after some time about your progress. I would love to know!

[โ€“] TipsyMcGee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks! Iโ€™m historically not a strong language learner, but will check out lernu.net

I had big problems with languages all the way up to university, but get Esperanto pretty quickly. Good luck ๐Ÿคž