[lojban-beginners] Re: BPFK Taskmaster

[m.kornig@sondal.net]

Selon Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:

> On 5/25/07, ANDREW PIEKARSKI <totus@rogers.com> wrote:
> > Beginners will feel more comfortable knowing that the text they
> > are studying has gone through the process.
>
> In my opinion, beginners should not feel uncomfortable tackling any
> of the existing texts as if they were correct. If they aren't quite perfect
> in some detail, what's the problem?

Well the problem is that you may learn something wrong.
This may cause confusion and later you may have to unlearn
it. That takes time and is NOT sufficient. An efficient
method wants to avoid confusion and errors as far as
possile.

Pedagogical aspects are VERY important for a minority
language like Lojban. In particular, since Lojban claims
to be easy to learn!

>From my limited experience, I would say that Lojban is
actually quite difficult to learn. But I suspect this is
not because Lojban is difficult as such but because
methods and learning materials accessable on the internet
at the moment are of poor quality.

I do believe that this is an ESSENTIAL issue.

What is the point in learning an exotic and rare language that is
difficult to learn (and will therefore stay exotic and rare)
after all?

The day I discover that Lojban IS difficult to learn
in spite of efficient learning materials I will stop
bothering about it.

Martin