[62] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Intensive Klingon I
dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 16 15:20:43 1992
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
From: Elias Israel <eli@village.boston.ma.us>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 91 20:32:30 EST
>Yeah, I think both dcctdw and I told the list about the class we were teaching
>(what better way to learn something but to teach it?) and we're now feeling
>the pressure of the fact that it's starting soon.
Err, I guess I should have checked by archives before saying you guys
hadn't mentioned the course. In fact, it's nearly all that Dave has
talked about on this list. {{:-& (<-- klingon biting lip in
embarrassment.)
>As Dave said, only MIT community can take the course since it's being
>funded by MIT. As for course materials, if you want them, email me
>and I'll send you lesson summaries or something. They're still in flux,
>though. There are 18 of them, in latex format, each ranging from 500 to
>2000 bytes in size. There are also bunches of exercises to go with the
>first 5, (each about 1000-1800 bytes), and three dialogs about 1k each or so.
>For a total of: 28389 bytes
When you are ready, I would love to have these in a form that many
people can access. Perhaps we can put them on some anon-ftp area in latex
and postscript?
>In learning the language for myself, I've found it's easier to have it
>organized in "elementary -> difficult" order, rather than in the form of
>the grammar/dictionary format of Okrand's book (First, everything you
>wanted to know about nouns, then everything you wanted to know about
>verbs, etc.)
I agree completely.
Eli
