[lojban-beginners] Re: Alternative learning techniques

[Matt Arnold <mattarn@123.net>]

But in the meantime, custom localizations for games are the way to go. Hacks for Sims 2 are quite common, so it seems entirely possible. I would love to step up to the plate as part of a group of "Someone Should Do It."

I have been learning Lojban on SuperMemo for the Palm OS and highly recommend it. If I had one complaint, it would be that it is not optimized for language learning. Currently one has to have two separate sets of flashcards, one Lojban-to-English and another English-to-Lojban. So, if I'm falling behind in remembering a word in one of those directions but not the other, the program treats them as totally different and lets them drift apart in timing.

Since you've expressed interest, I would be happy to volunteer to read the list of words and their glosses and put it up on the web. Or would you like an MP3 of a particular text?
-Matt
la epcat.

lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org wrote:
>coi rodo
>
>I happened across an article on using the Sims (computer game) to help 
>people learn a foreign language 
>(http://llt.msu.edu/vol9num1/purushotma/default.html) and was wondering 
>if there were any alternative lojban resources
>
>I've been using logflash for a while, but it's not terribly motivating...
>
>A couple of years ago, during a previous attempt at learning lojban I 
>toyed with the idea of creating lojban language files for alpha centauri 
>- a little ambitious, but would have been very useful considering the 
>inordinate amount of time i spent playing it.
>
>Are there any lojban localised games/applications out there?  Creating a 
>localisation for firefox, for instance, should be fairly easy to do?
>
>Also what about multimedia?  I found a brief audio file on the website, 
>but more of this would be really good to listen to during the daily commute
>
>I know there was a conversation a while ago about lojban software for 
>PDAs, but it didnt really go anywhere.  Any developments in this area?  
>I have a little vocab program that i've done and was thinking about 
>maybe turning into a full logflash program for PDAs but don't want to 
>duplicate something that has already been done
>
>co'o
>mu'e mi'e djon.

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