Profile: "I am a philologist and a certified teacher of Esperanto, Italian and Russian languages, as well a specialist in teacher preparation. I have a Ph. D. focusing on the propaedeutic value of Esperanto and I have taught over a hundred Esperanto courses and seminars all over the world.
While I was teaching in Hungary, I founded and directed an Esperanto program at the Pedagogical Institute at Szombathely. Later on, I created a course on interlinguistics and Language Planning targeted at students in languages (please find more info at http://edukado.net/ext/dok?d=50).
Since 2001, I have lived in the Netherlands. That was the year of creation and launch of the website aimed at instructors of Esperanto www.edukado.net. This website has become a focal point of my editorial work and involvement with the Esperanto movement, some of the most important areas of which include:
- creation and editing of course materials
- facilitating networking and cooperation between Esperanto teachers
- organization of language courses (e.g., during the World Esperanto Conventions)
- organization of training sessions in conjunction with Esperanto events (e.g., during Interlinguistic Study Programs at Adam Mickiewicz University -- AMU, during North American Summer Esperanto Institute – NASK, etc.)
- management and tracking of Esperanto courses throughout the world (http://edukado.net/kursejo)
- archiving and presentation of thesis about Esperanto (or written in Esperanto): http://edukado.net/biblioteko/diplomlaborajhoj
- presentation and reviews of Esperanto teaching resources (http://edukado.net/biblioteko/libroj)
I also developed a 100 lesson online training course, RITE, used by dozens of students from around 30 countries (http://edukado.net/klerigejo/rite/)
As of 2007, I was actively involved in introducing and organizing of exams according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (http://edukado.net/ekzamenoj/ker). As a part of this effort, a textbook on this subject was translated into Esperanto, and an examination network was developed. In 2007-2015, there were conducted 50 exam session, with 1700 candidates from 66 countries.
In 2013 I created and launched a cultural internet game RISKO (Risk) -- http://edukado.net/ludoj/risko. Until November 2015, 700 people throughout the world have already participated. Approx. 140-150 people participate every month.
My pocketbook Poŝamiko (http://edukado.net/prie/sinprezento/poshamiko) has been one of Esperanto best-sellers, with over 9000 copies sold (through 2015). My other books, such as “Ĉu vi aŭdis, ke ....” (http://edukado.net/biblioteko/libroj?iid=19159) and “Stelsemantoj en la ora nordo” (http://edukado.net/biblioteko/libroj?iid=23413) have contributed to the enrichment of the Esperanto movement.
With the help of dozens of professional (mostly, teaching related) articles in various publications, I have contributed to the pedagogy and methodology of Esperanto.
As an editor of www.edukado.net, I have cooperated with ILEI (Association of Esperanto Teachers), the World Esperanto Association and various other Esperanto associations and professional groups related to the organization of courses, training sessions and exam coordination, and I would like to develop this cooperation even closer.
The cooperation with ESF, their continuous support have given me the means to realize all the work mention above, and for that I am eternally grateful.
Contact | Kontakto
Den Haag, Nederlando
katalin.kovats(at)gmail.com / redaktanto(at)edukado.net
Tel.: +31648926081