"The Esperanto speakers read dictionaries in a café."
Translation:La esperantistoj legas vortarojn en kafejo.
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"Read" in English can be present (pronounced like "reed") or past (pronounced like "red"). So "legas" or "legis" should be accepted. I have reported this.
But at this stage in the Esperanto course, the past tense has not yet been introduced, so it's hardly likely to want "legis" here. I would agree if the same sentence appeared later in the course when the past tense has been introduced.
If you are doing a Practice lesson (rather than learning a new skill) then you have to deal with the sentences without the context of which skill they're from.
Esperantoparolantoj? Please tell me it is NOT good use to use the Lego-like quality of Esperanto to make such big words.
My opinion Esperanto-parolantoj (which is accepted by my phone's Esperanto keyboard) should mean 'Esperanto Speakers' Esperantistoj should be reserved for supporters of the Esperanto movement and ideologies (Esperantists)
Just my thoughts
Because it is only telling us where they were when they read the dictionaries. If there had been movement involved, then it would be "kafejon". For example, "La Esperantistoj kuris en la kafejon por legi votarojn" ("The Esperanto speakers ran into the cafe to read dictionaries"). And it's not plural, there is only one cafe, so it is "kafejo", not "kafejoj".