From lojbab@lojban.org Mon Feb 21 15:13:50 2000 X-Digest-Num: 371 Message-ID: <44114.371.2056.959273826@eGroups.com> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 18:13:50 -0500 From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" Subject: Re: re-unification for the beginer... At 03:00 PM 02/21/2000 -0500, A. R. Goldman wrote: >I have read the posts on the subject of re-unification with great >interest; It is certainly refreshing to see so much good will in >a world that is as often vituperative as the constructed language >movement... That is the spirit I have been hoping to achieve. I am glad it comes across as intended. >I am also hopeful that these developments may make the task of >learning learning the Logical Language easier... I have made >limited progress with the reference grammar, due, both to the >need to work on other languages, and the fact that I simply learn >better from graded lessons. >While Lojban may be more fully developed in some areas, the >primer on the Loglan site seemed to be, at first sight, more >geared to the task of teaching the language. I would be most >grateful to any input from those more experienced in both >communities as to whether this perception is accurate, and, if it >is, what course would be best to approach grammar from the Loglan >Primer, and vocabulary from Logflash... Two suggestions: 1) Check out the in-progress set of lessons from Robin Turner, which can be found by link from the Lojban FAQ or from the Lojban Links page. This is fairly close to the Loglan 3 Primer in level. 2) The Lojban draft textbook is old and incomplete and drafty, but is more oriented towards those who want graded lessons than is the reference grammar. I myself was not impressed by Loglan 3, even as compared to what I was trying with the Lojban textbook. The discussion reads more like a Schaum's outline for review when you already have been taught the material (containing key points without much explanation), and there are far too few exercises to give sufficient practice at all the vocabulary and grammar principles covered in each lesson. Loglan 3 is however nicer in appearance than our draft textbook. lojbab ---- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org (newly updated!)