In the project "Springboard to Languages," they teach Esperanto in schools in Great Britain as a propaedeutic to prepare for learning other languages.
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Propaedeutic
//ˌpɹoʊpiːˈdjuːtɪk//
Synonyms for "propaedeutic" (65 found)
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2 entriesis a
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1 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 12 languages.
Czech
1 entries- propedeutika noun (course or instruction providing preparatory or introductory teaching)
Dutch
1 entries- propedeutisch adj (preparatory or introductory)
Esperanto
2 entries- propedeŭtika adj (preparatory or introductory)
- propedeŭtiko noun (course or instruction providing preparatory or introductory teaching)
Finnish
1 entries- propedeuttinen adj (preparatory or introductory)
French
3 entries- propédeutique adj (preparatory or introductory)
- préparatoire adj (preparatory or introductory)
- propédeutique noun (course or instruction providing preparatory or introductory teaching)
German
2 entries- propädeutisch adj (preparatory or introductory)
- Propädeutik noun (course or instruction providing preparatory or introductory teaching)
Irish
1 entries- réamheolaíocht noun (course or instruction providing preparatory or introductory teaching)
Italian
2 entries- propedeutico adj (preparatory or introductory)
- propedeutico noun (course or instruction providing preparatory or introductory teaching)
Japanese
1 entries- 調製用 adj (preparatory or introductory)
Polish
1 entries- propedeutyka noun (course or instruction providing preparatory or introductory teaching)
Spanish
1 entries- propedéutico adj (preparatory or introductory)
Swedish
2 entries- propedeutisk adj (preparatory or introductory)
- propedeutik noun (course or instruction providing preparatory or introductory teaching)
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When we ask what is the object of these paradoxes, some have answered that they are a mere logical puzzle, while others have seen in them an Hegelian propaedeutic of the doctrine of Ideas.
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Nowadays, the propaedeutic value of Esperanto is much emphasized.
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On the other hand, the German university exhibits a system in which the university course is almost wholly special; the liberal and propædeutic studies are relegated to the grammar-school.
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