Learn Lojban: new methods

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Since 2014 new methods of learning Lojban have been in development. The goal of them is to have faster resources for learning Lojban.

Most people usually prefer to change from one textbook to another. That's why Lojban community has been providing alternatives.

The The Crash Course in Lojban

The Crash Course method
The symbol of The Crash Course: nature and logic

The Crash Course method is a course written from feedback of live people. You read it, report bugs or ask questions and get replies from the authors or knowledgable Lojbanists.

The course explains new styles that are popular in the active Lojban community.

The course tries not to use Lojbanic terminology much. It explains most Lojbanic terms in ordinary language that the learner uses from birth or school. This principle brings Lojban to people, not drags people into Lojban. It adapts the teaching method to the language the student uses in everyday life. Thus, this method is flexible and doesn't have universal recommendations. It all depends on whom you teach. For example, for speakers of English (and most languages of Europe) The Crash Course method calls lo brivla "verbs", calls lo sumti "nouns". Although, such terms as "noun" and "verb" can mean different things in different languages they are fine for initial explanation of how Lojban works.

The course has a compact dictionary as an addendum that gives examples to most commonly used verbs and particles.

The Crash Course tries to preserve the current state of the language as much as possible.

The course doesn't invent any new dialects, what is explained in the course is either used by the community or formalized by the committee of planning Lojban (BPFK).

The intended finalization of this course are years 2017 - 2019. Until then minor bugs can be found in it that still make itthe course usable.

Lojban cards

a distilled overview of the language.

Lojban in simple phrases

Lojban in simple phrases. This course is already available for several languages. Advantage:

  • a slick format
  • short introduction into Lojban

Disadvantage:

  • not very comprehensive
  • might not be extensible to languages that differ much from English, French, Portuguese, Polish, Russian

Flashcard courses

  • Simple Lojban in phrases: on Memrise.com teaches Lojban through phrases only allowing you to automatically passively learn the nuts and bolts of the language.