[lojban] Re: lo jbove'a cukta

[Lindar <lindarthebard@yahoo.com>]

While you and others may not agree, I have spent a LOT of time in the
past two months teaching students, and I find that they all have a
much better grasp of terminators, and thus have fewer problems
understanding the grammar in general, when {cu} is not taught. It is,
in my opinion, a crutch that people rely upon far too much. One should
learn "is not" before "isn't" and "I am" before "I'm" lest people for
some reason start confusing your/you're in both meaning and
pronunciation. =D

Also, CLL is not meant for learning. It's a lovely resource, but many
in the modern and active teaching community including myself and
kribacr believe that it teaches Lojban incorrectly, and starts habits
which result in very bad Lojban (namely in that a frighteningly large
number of people believe {cu} is required at all ever). I can't say
much for L4B, except that I prefer the more modern Wave Lesson to it
as I have seen first hand how it produces better results and speakers
with a better understanding of the language.

So, while you may not understand the argument, I do ask of you that
you leave the terminators in and only use {cu} where I have done so.
It provides a better ease of readability and falls in line with the
pedagogy we've established, which we have seen produces better
students. Learning the shortcut first has never resulted in a proper
understanding of anything, and that's exactly what {cu} is.

I would indeed greatly appreciate that. =D

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