Hello Tim, The subject is of great interest to me. I am looking to access or prepare konkani lessons for learning on the web. do keep me posted of interesting developements.
best regards agnelo > --__--__-- > > Message: 7 > From: "Tim de Mello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 21:21:05 -0500 > Subject: [Goanet]Konkani Lessons in the GTA - Dinner > celebration > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > A dinner was held at The Flaming Copper Pot > Restaurant in Mississauga on > October 17 to celebrate the successful conclusion of > the first phase of > sixteen two hour weekly Konkani lessons in the GTA. > The occasion was also used as a debriefing session > in order to asses what > worked well and what areas could be improved upon. > The following is a > summary of the points discussed. > 3. Another suggestion was to separate the class > into two groups - > Beginners, i.e. those who are being introduced to > the language for the first > time and Intermediate, i.e. those who have some > knowledge of the language. > This way the lessons can be focussed appropriately. > > 4. The classes were originally meant to focus on > "colloquial Konkani". > However, this was not the case as it was felt that > written and read Konkani > would be more beneficial to the learning process. > This proved to be more > academic than practical and also more difficult than > anticipated - > particularly as there is no standard way to spell > (or pronounce) Konkani in > Roman script. One suggestion was to devote more time > for students to > appreciate the nuances of Indian sounds as defined > by the Devanagri script. > This did not find a lot a favour with the group as > this would be difficult > for the uninitiated. Another suggestion was that the > classes in the future > concentrate on short and simple spoken Konkani > phrases and sentences and > dispense with the reading and writing part. This > way, the students will be > better equipped to use what they learned in a > practical way. > students should be immersed into a Konkani speaking > session where no English > is spoken except by the tutor. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
