Re: [lojban] re-unification for the beginer...

["Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <lojbab@lojban.org>]

From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <lojbab@lojban.org>

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
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lojbab                                             lojbab@lojban.org
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