Please help develop Lojban proficiency tests

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Pierre Abbat

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Oct 14, 2011, 11:24:06 AM10/14/11
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The LBCK (lojbo bangu cipra kamni) is tasked with developing Lojban
proficiency tests, so that someone can be certified as, say, an intermediate
Lojbanist. I'm the only one who's done anything about this for the past four
months, and I need help. If you have any proficiency in Lojban, or are
familiar with language proficiency tests, you can help. Please see
http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-lbck/topics for previous discussions.

Pierre
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.alyn.post.

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Oct 14, 2011, 11:30:33 AM10/14/11
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doi .pi,er.

How do we coordinate effort here? Is there a product being
produced? If so, is it on a wiki/revision control system/
google doc that someone can modify? Do we just send material
to you?

Will you help me understand what it is one should do?

-Alan

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Pierre Abbat

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Oct 14, 2011, 2:34:12 PM10/14/11
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On Friday 14 October 2011 11:30:33 .alyn.post. wrote:
> doi .pi,er.
>
> How do we coordinate effort here? Is there a product being
> produced? If so, is it on a wiki/revision control system/
> google doc that someone can modify? Do we just send material
> to you?

The effort is coordinated on the mailing list. The product is a proficiency
test generator (some question groups consist of several questions, of which
one is picked at random, so that in a room of people being tested no one gets
the exact same test), but the test is still being designed and is not ready
to be produced yet. The test questions will be held in a database, and one
can generate a test at any of various proficiency levels, which haven't been
defined yet.

Pierre
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.alyn.post.

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Oct 14, 2011, 2:40:36 PM10/14/11
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Will you point me to the most recent e-mail describing what needs to
be done?

-Alan

Pierre Abbat

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Oct 14, 2011, 4:26:05 PM10/14/11
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On Friday 14 October 2011 14:40:36 .alyn.post. wrote:
> Will you point me to the most recent e-mail describing what needs to
> be done?

I suspect that the kind of description you want does not exist. There's a
Google Doc from back when this was proposed, but it hasn't been updated in
two years:
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AXXWbvcGZx0nZGY4Nm13dmZfM2M3amNjY2Ro&hl=en

The latest message saying that something is needed is dated 2011-06-12 on the
LBCK list.

What I've been doing is throwing out test questions, trying to elicit
discussion, and hoping that others would throw out test questions too.

Pierre
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MorphemeAddict

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Oct 14, 2011, 4:54:25 PM10/14/11
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Pierre,
By "throw out", do you mean 'eliminate' or 'submit for consideration'?
 
stevo

Pierre Abbat

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Oct 14, 2011, 5:03:44 PM10/14/11
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On Friday 14 October 2011 16:54:25 MorphemeAddict wrote:
> Pierre,
> By "throw out", do you mean 'eliminate' or 'submit for consideration'?

I mean "submit for consideration".

Pierre
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Djeik

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Oct 15, 2011, 6:35:35 PM10/15/11
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On Oct 14, 11:24 am, Pierre Abbat <p...@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> The LBCK (lojbo bangu cipra kamni) is tasked with developing Lojban
> proficiency tests, so that someone can be certified as, say, an intermediate
> Lojbanist. I'm the only one who's done anything about this for the past four
> months, and I need help. If you have any proficiency in Lojban, or are
> familiar with language proficiency tests, you can help. Please seehttp://groups.google.com/group/lojban-lbck/topicsfor previous discussions.
>
> Pierre
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> Jews use a lunisolar calendar; Muslims use a solely lunar calendar.

I'd like to help in developing test questions. I haven't been as
active in the community as I would have liked. Here's a chance for me
to help.

Pierre Abbat

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Oct 17, 2011, 10:04:12 PM10/17/11
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On Saturday 15 October 2011 18:35:35 Djeik wrote:
> I'd like to help in developing test questions. I haven't been as
> active in the community as I would have liked. Here's a chance for me
> to help.

Good! Are you on the LBCK mailing list?

Pierre

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Jacob Errington

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Oct 21, 2011, 7:22:23 PM10/21/11
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Nope, I'm not, but I'll definitely join it.

  Jake


Muhammad Nael

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Oct 22, 2011, 5:59:29 AM10/22/11
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I've recently been to the English placement test at the AUC (American University in Cairo, Egypt)... I don't think I could survive a similar test in Lojban... But I'd definitely want to see how a Lojban test would be. I guess it'll need someone good at maths as well; else, he'll be too slow.
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