Hi José! Well, I think you know that according to last report news, Linux is installed 'officially' just on 1% of desktop computers, don't you? ;)
Seriously, why not? Nowadays, I imagine, most of us could try something new, Linux! I tried virtualbox before Sun bought it, and vmware, among others. But, I also run across coLinux, to "run Linux natively", not in a subordinate way like with wmare or 'similar'. I've tried Fedora 10 and Debian images under coLinux. And I haven't tried "Ubuntu portable" based on coLinux (not the pendrive version). Also, what about Ulteo? I tried just once. I wonder which of them use KDE. Thanks, Pablo On May 5, 6:24 am, José Daniel Martínez <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Elham, > > Try Parley!! It won't let you down. > Although there are available lessons in their website, we can share our > lessons!! > It's easy to manage and it's easy to configure your lessons > > People who use Windows (since Parley is only available in Linux) can try a > Linux virtual machine: > > 1) Download VirtualBox (for Windows host) > 2) Download a distribution of Linux (I recommend Ubuntu or Fedora) > 3)Install and create with VirtualBox your new Linux machine > > It's a bit tricky, but it works!! > > -- > Best Regards > > 2009/5/5 Elham Moazzen <[email protected]> > > > I am not satisfied with Anki > > it does not review for me many of new words that i added > > I don't know how to manage learning new words :( > > > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:04 AM, Pablo <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hi Ed, > > >> I think Anki and Mnemosyne are good free software alternatives. But > >> at this point in time I found Anki more evolved and friendly, e.g. it > >> supports pictures and sounds. Anki let you record your own voice, > >> although with a little of background noise. > > >> I was playing with both programs, e.g. exploring about import/export > >> options. That's very important, do it once, and share it! And > >> learning to incorporate lists of words/expressions, 'massively', and > >> how to include sounds in the same way. > > >> Well, the idea behind this is as follows: Ideally we could build a > >> multimedia Anki database, including: > > >> 1. Lists of words/expressions > >> 2. Pictures for each word or expressions if available > >> 3. Bilingual sounds > > >> Or at least the lists (item number 1), if there are no pictures/sound > >> available of you don't have much time. > > >> Ok, this activity can be time consuming if you want something 'good', > >> and you need to build your lists, or use some already-made lists, but > >> if they aren't free, you can't share them! :( I mean, just for private > >> use. > > >> I create a Spanish-English database with some 100 or so words and I > >> saw my wife interested, 'studying' them. It works! > > >> I wonder if some day we all together could build some free lists, e.g. > >> conditionals, or phrases with 'I wish', etc. We could made them up! > > >> Regards, > > >> Pablo > > >> On May 3, 10:47 pm, Eduardo Costa <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > All great tool! > > >> > It´s nice because we can use it for many things and not only > >> > to study english. It´s looks a excellent tool for kids to learn forms, > >> > numbers, to write and so forth. > > >> > José Daniel Parley looks also nice, the open source and free community > >> > always make great job. > > >> > Plabo, did you already use anki and mnemosyne ? what did you like more ? > > >> > take care > > >> > ed. > > >> > On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 7:05 AM, José Daniel < > >> [email protected]>wrote: > > >> > > I haven't tried any of the others programs (neither anki, nor > >> > > mnemosyne) but it seems that they are used to memorize. > > >> > > I'm so happy with Parley because it is so simple and powerful and when > >> > > you want you test yourself. You can use simple words or idioms or > >> > > phrases or fonetic transcription. > > >> > > Now when i find a word or an idiom (by the way, like those i find in > >> > > your great blog)i write down in the program to make a lesson (your > >> > > lesson can have all the entries you want) and from time to time i test > >> > > myself (i like so much multiple choice, but you can choose several > >> > > options to test yourself like writting the entire word, or find a word > >> > > in mixed letters) > > >> > > And the good thing we can share our lessons we do !!! > > >> > > -- > >> > > Best regards > > >> > > On May 2, 6:39 pm, Pablo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > Hi José, > > >> > > > It seems Parley is a Linux-only tool :( Some days ago I wrote about > >> > > > tools like Anki (http://ichi2.net/anki/) and Mnemosyne ( > >> > >http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/). Have you used it? If so, could you > >> > > please > >> > > > make a comparison for us? > > >> > > > By the way, for the benefit of others, something important: don't > >> > > > focus around single words, instead focus on phrases. Learning > >> single > >> > > > words doesn't help much if we don't know how to use words, I mean we > >> > > > need a context. We can get examples of phrases from 'modern' > >> > > > dictionaries or from linguistic corpus like the ones available from > >> > > > this page: > > >> > > >http://davies-linguistics.byu.edu/personal/ > > >> > > > or simply, searching in sources such ashttp:// > >> blogsearch.google.com/ > >> > > > orhttp://news.google.com/, etc. > > >> > > > Regards, > > >> > > > Pablo > > >> > > > On 2 mayo, 06:05, José Daniel Martínez < > >> [email protected]> > >> > > > wrote: > > >> > > > > Hi all, > > >> > > > > I would like to introduce you a great tool to learn a language. > >> It's > >> > > called > >> > > > > Parley and it comes with GNU/Linux distributions (I'm using it > >> with > >> > > Fedora) > >> > > > > but I suppose you can find it with any distribution. > > >> > > > > Parley allows you to write in columns (1st Language, 2nd Language, > >> > > idioms, > >> > > > > pronunciations...) words and idioms. The good thing is that after > >> you > >> > > have > >> > > > > written some words you can test yourself in several ways: multiple > >> > > choices, > >> > > > > written and the program can track of your progress. > > >> > > > > Some snapshots (I'm Spanish so the translations are in Spanish) > > >> > > > > 1) Building your lesson: > >> > > > > 2) Testing yourself (multiple choices) > > >> > > > > Another reason to choice GNU/Linux!! > > >> > > > > Regards > > >> > > > > parley1.jpg > >> > > > > 154 KVerDescargar > > >> > > > > parley.jpg > >> > > > > 56 KVerDescargar > > > -- > > > "When you know what you want,and you want it badly enough,you'll find a way > > to get it." > > > "Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate." > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". 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