I don't think it would be losing focus as it fits directly in the mission
of the movement to share the sum of human knowledge, since languages are
knowledge in themselves.
Yes I agree that Wikiversity could be used for that, but this project
really needs support to get to current standards of "online courses", and I
don't see much push in that direction.
JP
On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 2:23 PM James Salsman <jsalsman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Languages are taught by authoritative dictionaries
(after people, and
ahead of almost all other similar reference books.)
Wiktionary has multiple teaching functions whether we want it to or
not:
https://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/efe362e1-fe80-4c90-bc1e-4ab2d9bbae2…
Have you seen how much Wiktionary has been growing in Brazil?
https://blog.searchmetrics.com/us/2018/02/14/seo-world-rankings-2018/
Amir, you know it would not be losing focus because of what you said
in your talk at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_xJaqQV71s
Best regards,
Jim
On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Amir E. Aharoni
<amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
Well... Not that teaching languages—big or
small—is bad, but wouldn't we
be
losing focus if we got into it?
Wikibooks and Wikiversity can theoretically be places for teaching. Are
they good at it? Probably not. Should they be made better? Maybe.
בתאריך 27 בפבר׳ 2018 19:52, "Jean-Philippe Béland" <
jpbeland(a)wikimedia.ca>
כתב:
Amir,
I agree with everything you said, especially that languages are knowledge
in themselves, but I must say that Wikimedia is not doing much in an
effort
to teach languages to people. Why isn't there
more effort at the WMF or
as
a movement to try to develop a platform to teach
languages?
Jean-Philippe Béland
Vice President and Programs Coordinator, Wikimedia Canada
Coordinator, Wikimedians of North American Indigenous Languages User
Group
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