From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Sun Oct 1 07:14:42 1995 Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (vms.dc.lsoft.com [205.186.43.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id HAA25290 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 07:14:38 -0400 Message-Id: <199510011114.HAA25290@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id 0A5A1B9E ; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 6:53:13 -0400 Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 23:43:05 -0700 Reply-To: "Peter L. Schuerman" Sender: Lojban list From: "Peter L. Schuerman" Subject: Re: tense conversions To: Logical Language Group Cc: Lojban List In-Reply-To: <199510010218.WAA07995@access1.digex.net> Status: OR coi bab. Thanks for all the info... I'm glad you explained some of the philosophy behind the language design; it makes more sense to me now, especially since I've recently spoken with Jeff about the fact that tense may not be as important in other languages as it is in English. Interesting. You make a good point about having to be careful not to give the wrong impression to beginning students. Optimally, though, some balance between over-simplification and over-explanation has to be made. Earlier you mentioned that vocabulary learning is hard to encourage in students. I was thinking that lessons which revolve around a theme would be helpful. What about "Lojban for Mathematicians" or "Lojban for Lovers" or "Lojban for Geographers" as titles for documents which would introduce sets of related words? Just a thought. co'o mi'e pitr. plschuerman@ucdavis.edu