Date:         Fri, 18 Sep 1998 17:05:07 -0700
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From:         Paul.Stadler@JKSMTP.NSC.COM
Subject:      Online Learning
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All:

I have been following lojban for the past few years.  I have also been following
and delving into some other projects such as esperanto.  In my opinion,
something that is greatly lacking in the lojban community is a means to learn
the language easily.  For many people learning a language is about interaction,
not memorization.  One of the mechanisms employed by the esperanto community is
an online postal course.  Is there anything "in the works" on the lojban front
that could provide that sort of direct access to learning?  I know I would take
advantage of it.  I also know I'm not skilled enough to start one.  So, perhaps
this is a message to convince someone out there that knows enough lojban to get
interested in such an effort.  This sort of course makes learning the language
easy for people who are _not_ linguists or mathematicians.  I think that once
programs like the one I propose are setup and well established, then lojban will
lose its poor reputation for being a scientific language with no beauty.  I know
that's not true, but a lot of people that I try to explain the language to
hastily make that judgement.  I hope it changes.

My apologies for mailing in English :)
Paul Stadler