http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/
加入我们学习中文。不错的网站。

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/9R_e-hbOZSg/
很喜欢易经，这有大学教授讲解易经。很有趣。

Ryan 很多情况下，当地人是好奇老外说中文。希望你别介意。

这个字典很好使。

http://blog.g.iciba.com/?p=382

哈哈，我不想我有他们的尊敬！总是他们笑我的中文。

It seems that these problems do not affect classes that were created before these issues arose, so my Latin readings class, which has been running since August, is working for the students who signed up previously. I am not sure if new students are able to join; this would be something programmers could test to see if the issue is with the classes being created incorrectly or the joining process going awry. I imagine just tracing the “bump in the road” messages would be faster though.

I mean issues as reported at
http://edufire.com/forums/3-talk-with-edufire/topics/9887-cant-register-for-a-free-class (11 days ago) and
http://edufire.com/forums/3-talk-with-edufire/topics/9846-will-my-students-be-able-to-register-for-class (27 days ago).

This issue still hasn’t been resolved – that’s a long time for students not to be able to normally sign up for new classes. And note it’s not limited to free classes. I get an error message every time I try to sign up for a new class, no matter which one, so it should be easy for programmers to recreate the issue. After that, I see the class in my “My Edufire” page, but I’d say that most computer users would not understand that they have in fact signed up and won’t be paying or showing up. Also, problems don’t end there. Upon paying, the class disappears from the “My Edufire” page; my student Eli Rotello (wanted to sign up for Latin 101) reported the details to the Edufire staff a few days ago but I don’t have them. Then, in the threads mentioned above we have teachers reporting that the classroom doesn’t get created, with neither side being the wiser because teachers don’t know that there are students signed up and students think that the teacher is missing in action.

I am angry because this affects my livelihood. Of course I don’t just teach on Edufire, but: I have just spent a lot of time and money promoting my new Latin 101 class. Now that it turns out that students can’t actually sign up for it, or won’t see a class happening if they manage to overcome all issues; that ruins my reputation as an online teacher not just on Edufire. Also, it means I’ll get no return on my time and effort. Even if Eli receives help and the class can take place, there must be others who just resigned about the class after getting the errors, and teaching one student at $7 an hour will incur a big loss for me. Yet all I’m asking is for Edufire to do their job: to provide the teaching platform that we are, after all, paying for.

I have worked as a programmer. I know that bugs happen. What’s unacceptable is that this bug compromises one of the most basic features of this site, it essentially has people paying for a service they won’t get, and yet this bug has been allowed to exist for several weeks. Whenever one of my sites had such a critical issue, we were doing all-nighters to get it fixed.

I think this should be the top priority for the programming team, also in the interest of securing Edufire’s continuing revenue stream. Right now, students are experiencing severe problems signing up for paid classes. This includes
- getting an error message when signing up for any class. Sometimes the sign-up is still successful but students won’t ever know unless they discover the “My eduFire” by themselves and note the class there (if it is there)
- classes not showing up on the My eduFire page, or disappearing after payment has been made
- teachers have reported not being able to open classrooms even when students were signed up (I can do so, for the class that predates all these issues)
- some students report trouble entering the classroom

These are key issues and should be fixed IMMEDIATELY before any more students and teachers leave this platform. Yet, I can detect no trace of anyone working on them…

After a long pause, I’m finally offering a beginner-level class in Latin again! If you have always wanted to learn the language of Caesar and Cicero, here’s your chance. http://edufire.com/classes/19867-latin-101-full-course

My Latin classes are always highly-rated and student feedback is amazing. I have already led three generations of Edufire-members up to a level where they could read Roman authors in the original. Unlike some teachers, I don’t teach on-the-spur-of-the-moment; I have detailed materials and study goals for each session, and my courses are guaranteed to lead you up to a high level in a fraction of the time that a college class would need. See below:

October 21st: your first Latin 101 class
February 3rd: end of Latin 101 / start of Latin 201 class
May 19th: Congratulations! You can now read Caesar and other Roman authors.

No exceptions! If you attend every session, study all the assigned vocabulary and still can’t read non-simplified passages of Caesar and other authors by May 19th, I shall refund your money.

Sign up now: http://edufire.com/classes/19867-latin-101-full-course

July: hot weather, holidays, and… new Latin classes for beginners!

I’m offering two new classes:

1) my traditional Latin 101 course, which is running for the 5th time now and which has excellent reviews from all students. In 15 sessions we will study basic Latin grammar and vocabulary. If you take the Latin 201 course afterwards (another 12 sessions), you shall already be able to start reading Roman authors like Caesar, Cicero or Seneca in the original Latin! This is the fastest way to master Latin!

2) a new type of course, “Lingua Latina”. This one teaches you Latin without the need for translation. We will simply read Latin and understand it, much like you can read English and immediately understand. This course uses the “Lingua Latina” textbook by Hans H. Ørberg. Not convinced that it will work? Try the sample pages. With this method it takes a bit longer to reach an advanced level in Latin, but on the bright side it feels less like work.

A new Latin course “From Zero to Hero”. Read authentic Roman texts in the original Latin after just 25 lessons.

Class A (Thursdays 6pm CET / noon EST)
OR
Class B (Sundays 9pm CET / 3pm EST)

Free “Meet your teacher” sample classes here or here

See you in class!

No matter if you are interested in history, literature, languages or religion, Latin will open up a whole new world to you. Join this class to start learning Classical Latin, the language used during the Golden Age of the Roman Empire. From there, you can easily continue on to Medieval Latin, Scientific Latin, Church Latin or Neo-Latin even – or just stay and enjoy Roman authors.

This course is very structured. You have to attend regularly, but in exchange you will be able to read non-simplified authentic Latin texts after just 25 lessons – normally schools take at least two years to get you to that level, if not more! Yet the lessons will be easy to digest and I will not overwhelm you with things you have to learn by heart. Everything will be quite manageable and fun.

As a student of this class, you will receive
- specially prepared flashcard files for vocabulary practise on the computer
- the complete lesson materials for every lesson – you won’t need to buy any supplementary materials
- video recordings of each of our sessions
- my support every step of the way, not just in class but also by e-mail
If you aren’t able to attend a session, you will still get the lesson materials so that you can study them before the next lesson.

After this class I shall again offer a beginning Latin literature class, so that we can enjoy the fruits of our labor together. If you’re still in doubt as to whether this course will keep its promises or how long it will take, just ask any of the students in the current Latin literature (301) classes!

I want to be able to dedicate enough time to every student’s needs. Therefore, class size is limited. If you want to participate, sign up quickly!

Syllabus
Weeks 1-6: Basics of Latin verbs
Weeks 7-12: Latin noun cases
Weeks 13-18: Tenses other than the present
Weeks 19-25: Advanced constructions & grammar leftovers
If we go over lessons more quickly than expected, we shall use the extra sessions to study excerpts of Caesar, Cicero, and Roman authors of your choice.

Prerequisites
- fluent English
- genuine interest in the ancient world
- regular attendance
- no prior knowledge of Latin is needed

Sign up now!

Class A (Thursdays 6pm CET / noon EST)
OR
Class B (Sundays 9pm CET / 3pm EST)

The BBC and the National Geographic reported about it, Google doodled it, it was all over German TV… Esperanto. A language that was designed to be as easy as possible to learn and to help people, yet it has started a perpetual controversy. Would you like to see what Esperanto is like?

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Sorry, I did not make myself clear. The class says “0 students” on my “My Edufire” page, screenshot at http://drop.io/edufire_bug . On the class page it DID NOT show those two students until the first session began – seems that students need to pay for at least one session before they’ll even show up on the class page. Considering that the payment link only becomes available few hours before the class, there may easily have been students signed up to the classes I rescheduled.

This policy is relatively new at least – maybe the change was in mid-December? I remember the look dramatically changing not too long before I went on winter break.

Several times in the past few days I noticed that nobody appeared to be signed up for my classes, even though students had told me that they had signed up. Today I even got a “… will be skipping a meeting” notice for a student that I never heard of and that I couldn’t find anywhere, either in the class page or in the “Contact participants” list of future participants.

I believe that the new Edufire policy is not to show students that haven’t paid yet, because when my Latin 301 class actually started, the class actually started to say “2 students”. That must be when they paid. Right now, the Latin 301 class again says “0 students” when you look at the Latin classes listing, because they haven’t paid for the next session yet.

You can imagine the problems.
1. I’m never sure now if I shall have to open the classroom until the very last minute.
2. I have in the past re-scheduled classes to hopefully attract more people by offering the class at a different time, for a different time zone, but there may have been students signed up for the classes I rescheduled!
3. I can’t see who will actually be skipping a meeting, because attendees aren’t listed anymore.
4. Less students are signing up because it looks like they’d be the only student.

If this policy was enacted to prevent disappointment over no-shows, I suggest to instead have a marker (e. g. red frame, or semi-transparency) around avatars of those students who haven’t paid yet. I also urge the implementation of pre-payment for future classes, especially to pay once for all sessions of one class.

Same here, as I believe it would encourage students to attend the entire class, which is essential for my Latin courses.

Not sure if you noticed, but Google is displaying an Esperanto flag today in honour of the 150th anniversary of Zamenhof’s birthday. Right now you can see it in all non-English versions of Google except Brazil, curiously (there are many Esperanto speakers in Brazil).

This is causing an avalanche already, even though it’s only 11am in Europe. In Google Japan, “Esperanto” (in kana) was the 10th most popular search term when I looked this morning; earlier tweets indicate that it peaked at 1st place even. In the USA, “ll Zamenhof” is presently 7th most popular search term. For other countries it’s not possible to see live trends.

Prompted by this, der Stern, one of the most popular German political magazines, has written about Esperanto , so has the WDR, the Neues Deutschland and Excite France. I’m sure other sites are coming out with articles still, as it was an unexpected move.

Already Lernu.net and Esperanto.info are slow or unresponsive, suffering under the load of so many visitors. Fortunately the first result searching for Esperanto on Google is Wikipedia, so people should be able to learn basic information about Esperanto anyway.

Learn Esperanto now on Edufire!