User talk:Fturnertl

Spanish/Spanish One
Your contributions to Spanish/Spanish One are most welcome! Just coordinate with Topic:Spanish and have at it! CQ 17:21, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Spanish
Yes, the classes should not be looking for students as of yet. I do have a course in mind, but it is for advanced or fluent students. I find it difficult to teach younger individuals over the internet because they need to be fully surrounded by the language. Are you a native speaker? -- J.Steinbock 21:07, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I'm fine teaching beginning students. Although immersion is ideal, for most people it's not an option. There is a lot to learn, such as vocabulary and basic grammar, that can help them build proficiency or even get more out of an eventual immersion experience. Are you familiar with Rosetta Stone? They do a pretty good job of combining vocabulary with visuals and audio to build a useful base. I'm not a native speaker, but I've spent time in a number of Spanish-speaking countries, including Paraguay, Colombia, Mexico and Spain. Also, I've taught Middle School and High School Spanish for a long time.Fturnertl 16:31, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Flashcards
Would the flashcards at quisition.com be able to be put into a flashcards system like the one we have here? Or are they propriatary?--Rayc 20:32, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Good question. I don't know. Do you know if it would be possible to edit the Salon de Clase flashcards to make sections divided by lesson?Fturnertl 20:35, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I created the page as an experiment. The code looks complex, but it's basically just the same small piece of code repeated over and over again, seen in Test_and_Quiz.  You could create a new page for each lesson you want to do, or wait until someone writes an extention for flashcards that makes it easier to work with.--Rayc 20:43, 12 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks, that sounds good. I'll work on it. Fturnertl 20:45, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Spanish Contributors Refresh
Hi a few weeks ago I have found Spanish Language Division completely void. I added a new course for beginners, but the problem was that the sites Spanish and Topic:Spanish had unfriendly environment to add something like Spanish: An Introduction. I wait for a while, but then I started to reorganize those sites. My aims are give more freedom on these sites and to use more friendly Wikipedia templates (e.g. this) than the former HTML script was. Finally I would like to ask you if you can sign in ones more here and reconfirm your offer to help. You can also visit this. Regards Juan 15:57, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Anyway I found you active one month ago in Spanish One, but I marked it like "not active". I think we should find a tool to measure an activity for the courses.--Juan 16:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC)