Folio, Journal of the Materials Development Association MATSDA, 2018
Teaching pragmatics and modality to beginners needs context to bring it to life: this paper prese... more Teaching pragmatics and modality to beginners needs context to bring it to life: this paper presents insights drawn from consideration of obligatory evidential marking in Tibetan.
Beginners trying to form their first sentences in spoken Tibetan are faced with an obligatory choice of sentence-final auxiliaries. In a target-language-only (immersion) classroom, sophisticated teaching strategies are needed to convey the choices to the learner, since very little language is yet available at the beginner stage for explanations etc.
This paper briefly reviews similar language features in more major languages taught as a foreign language and also looks for inspiration from elicitation techniques used in the field by linguists researching languages with this feature. Recommendations for teaching and materials design are then presented in a way that highlights their more general relevance for teaching other languages.
Slides from a presentation given at the 20th FIT World Translation Congress in Berlin, Germany, b... more Slides from a presentation given at the 20th FIT World Translation Congress in Berlin, Germany, by Craig Meulen on behalf of Esukhia Tibetan Language Services, www.esukhia.org
Team Translation: Uniting Ancient Wisdom and Modern Technology to Assist Translation of the Tibetan Canon, Aug 6, 2014
Presentation delivered at 20th FIT World Translator Congress 2014 in Berlin, Germany, by Craig Me... more Presentation delivered at 20th FIT World Translator Congress 2014 in Berlin, Germany, by Craig Meulen on behalf of Esukhia Tibetan Language Services, www.esukhia.org
Many books deal with the topic of how to get rich. However, all too often the most important ques... more Many books deal with the topic of how to get rich. However, all too often the most important question is left unanswered: Why are so many people poor? Personal circumstances certainly play a part in this, but the way in which modern society is being supplied with money is much more important. The principle of monopolistic money production changes money in a way which gives it the ability to sabotage both economic and social development. As such, money has mutated from an economic tool of communication to an instrument of power. “Money Emission for Everyone” questions the basic principles of this monopoly of money production. The book also explains which functions money should truly be fulfilling in order be worthy of the name. However the author takes it one step further: she presents a detailed concept of how our real-life wants and needs should determine the way society is supplied with money. This entails both a decentralised structure and modern encoding algorithms. Differing from many cyber currencies such as bitcoins she strays from the merely technical side of things and instead focuses on the concrete connection between money and real value. Finally, the call for a collaborative project will not only bring together the necessary resources but also prevent any future re-monopolisation.
Folio, Journal of the Materials Development Association MATSDA, 2018
Teaching pragmatics and modality to beginners needs context to bring it to life: this paper prese... more Teaching pragmatics and modality to beginners needs context to bring it to life: this paper presents insights drawn from consideration of obligatory evidential marking in Tibetan.
Beginners trying to form their first sentences in spoken Tibetan are faced with an obligatory choice of sentence-final auxiliaries. In a target-language-only (immersion) classroom, sophisticated teaching strategies are needed to convey the choices to the learner, since very little language is yet available at the beginner stage for explanations etc.
This paper briefly reviews similar language features in more major languages taught as a foreign language and also looks for inspiration from elicitation techniques used in the field by linguists researching languages with this feature. Recommendations for teaching and materials design are then presented in a way that highlights their more general relevance for teaching other languages.
Slides from a presentation given at the 20th FIT World Translation Congress in Berlin, Germany, b... more Slides from a presentation given at the 20th FIT World Translation Congress in Berlin, Germany, by Craig Meulen on behalf of Esukhia Tibetan Language Services, www.esukhia.org
Team Translation: Uniting Ancient Wisdom and Modern Technology to Assist Translation of the Tibetan Canon, Aug 6, 2014
Presentation delivered at 20th FIT World Translator Congress 2014 in Berlin, Germany, by Craig Me... more Presentation delivered at 20th FIT World Translator Congress 2014 in Berlin, Germany, by Craig Meulen on behalf of Esukhia Tibetan Language Services, www.esukhia.org
Many books deal with the topic of how to get rich. However, all too often the most important ques... more Many books deal with the topic of how to get rich. However, all too often the most important question is left unanswered: Why are so many people poor? Personal circumstances certainly play a part in this, but the way in which modern society is being supplied with money is much more important. The principle of monopolistic money production changes money in a way which gives it the ability to sabotage both economic and social development. As such, money has mutated from an economic tool of communication to an instrument of power. “Money Emission for Everyone” questions the basic principles of this monopoly of money production. The book also explains which functions money should truly be fulfilling in order be worthy of the name. However the author takes it one step further: she presents a detailed concept of how our real-life wants and needs should determine the way society is supplied with money. This entails both a decentralised structure and modern encoding algorithms. Differing from many cyber currencies such as bitcoins she strays from the merely technical side of things and instead focuses on the concrete connection between money and real value. Finally, the call for a collaborative project will not only bring together the necessary resources but also prevent any future re-monopolisation.
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Beginners trying to form their first sentences in spoken Tibetan are faced with an obligatory choice of sentence-final auxiliaries. In a target-language-only (immersion) classroom, sophisticated teaching strategies are needed to convey the choices to the learner, since very little language is yet available at the beginner stage for explanations etc.
This paper briefly reviews similar language features in more major languages taught as a foreign language and also looks for inspiration from elicitation techniques used in the field by linguists
researching languages with this feature. Recommendations for teaching and materials design are then presented in a way that highlights their more general relevance for teaching other languages.
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The principle of monopolistic money production changes money in a way which gives it the ability to sabotage both economic and social development. As such, money has mutated from an economic tool of communication to an instrument of power.
“Money Emission for Everyone” questions the basic principles of this monopoly of money production. The book also explains which functions money should truly be fulfilling in order be worthy of the name. However the author takes it one step further: she presents a detailed concept of how our real-life wants and needs should determine the way society is supplied with money. This entails both a decentralised structure and modern encoding algorithms. Differing from many cyber currencies such as bitcoins she strays from the merely technical side of things and instead focuses on the concrete connection between money and real value. Finally, the call for a collaborative project will not only bring together the necessary resources but also prevent any future re-monopolisation.
Translated from German by Craig Meulen.
Beginners trying to form their first sentences in spoken Tibetan are faced with an obligatory choice of sentence-final auxiliaries. In a target-language-only (immersion) classroom, sophisticated teaching strategies are needed to convey the choices to the learner, since very little language is yet available at the beginner stage for explanations etc.
This paper briefly reviews similar language features in more major languages taught as a foreign language and also looks for inspiration from elicitation techniques used in the field by linguists
researching languages with this feature. Recommendations for teaching and materials design are then presented in a way that highlights their more general relevance for teaching other languages.
The principle of monopolistic money production changes money in a way which gives it the ability to sabotage both economic and social development. As such, money has mutated from an economic tool of communication to an instrument of power.
“Money Emission for Everyone” questions the basic principles of this monopoly of money production. The book also explains which functions money should truly be fulfilling in order be worthy of the name. However the author takes it one step further: she presents a detailed concept of how our real-life wants and needs should determine the way society is supplied with money. This entails both a decentralised structure and modern encoding algorithms. Differing from many cyber currencies such as bitcoins she strays from the merely technical side of things and instead focuses on the concrete connection between money and real value. Finally, the call for a collaborative project will not only bring together the necessary resources but also prevent any future re-monopolisation.
Translated from German by Craig Meulen.