User talk:Chidgk1

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Learning Projects and Subpages
Wikiversity is organized by learning projects and subpages. In this regard, it is more like Wikibooks rather than Wikiversity. The page TESOL/False Friends in Turkish is a TESOL resource. It's not really a stand-alone page.

Regarding the lessons on Speaking in pairs: how to speak with everyone else only once and Conversation starters for elementary level, these are both good starting resources, but also belong under an appropriate learning project. Please check and see if there is already a similar learning project you might adopt, and if not, please propose or create a learning project that does match what you are looking to create.

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 14:42, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Dave - thanks for that but although I used to edit Wikipedia before editing was blocked here I have never used Wikibooks. I don't want to spend much time learning how to use Wikiversity as I expect to use it rarely. My aim is just to use it occasionally to share stuff with people in the college where I work, with the side benefit that it will still be available to me if I move to another college. If I am messing up something of yours then sorry I did not realize that. Can you suggest in simple steps how I can easily get out of your way with less than, say, 15 mins work on my part? If not let me know and I will delete the stuff I added. Regards Chidgk1 (discuss • contribs) 08:23, 13 January 2018 (UTC)


 * It's no work at all, just a description of what overarching topic would best describe your current efforts. Is it Turkish, TESOL, Education, or something else or more specific? Once I understand how you envision your efforts relating to others, I'll move the pages and you'll be all set. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 14:41, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Oh good. I am doing English conversation practice with (mainly adult) students in a private college in Turkey. It is remotely possible I might make some notes on learning Turkish in future but not at present. So "Education" is probably too broad a category but yes "TESOL" with subcategories (but maybe there are no categories on Wikiversity) of "speaking" and "adult" and maybe a few things will be specific to Turks like the false friends list. I guess I ought to look around to see what is already there on Wikiversity to avoid duplicating things already written. Thanks for your help.


 * I've moved everything under TESOL. You're all set for now. If you decide to expand on the Turkish-specific content, you might create a TESOL page just for Turkish resources, such as TESOL/Turkish, and then subpages under that. Let me know if you have any questions. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 15:08, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Yes thanks for fixing that. I'll be less lazy next time and learn a bit about Wikiversity if I want to make any new articles in future. Chidgk1 (discuss • contribs) 06:18, 15 January 2018 (UTC)