Hello everyone! I’m going to try my best to give a progress report on the class – mentioning no specific names, just broad observations that I noticed about the class. The primary purpose of this is to brainstorm ways to improve the course by finding where the weaknesses are in
First Day of Class
It’s the first day of class on this fancy new website! If you check the calendar widget in the navigation column on the left of the screen, you’ll see what assignments are due for whom. Good luck everyone!
Registration Closed
Registration is closed! If you realize that you don’t have time to do the class, now is the time to let me know so that someone on the waiting list can take your spot. Now is also the time for the New Students to brush up on your International Phonetic
Summer 2016 Class Full
We have met the maximum 15 new students for Summer 2016! Anyone else signing up for Summer 2016 will be put on the waiting list. If a spot opens up before May 2nd, the next person on the waiting list will get to join the class. The list on the
Registration is Open!
Registration for the Summer and Fall semesters of 2016 is open! It closes April 22nd, and the first homework assignment is due May 2nd. See you around!
New Semester Plan
I finally finished uploading the last homework assignment! I’ll be making more quizzes during the next month as well, but I wanted to make sure that at the very least all of the homework assignments were written. The new semester plan is as follows: January-March: Registration is closed, class is
Lessons Begin in March
Finally, after many patient months, I can announce a date for the lessons to be restarted! This is because the main website has finally been completed to a point that I can give it a rest and teach again. you can view the announcement for the main website here. Things
Listen to the Interview
It was a lot of fun getting to do this. I think I’ll do more interviews and talks later on, since I had fun. LOTRO Players News Episode 113: Languages in Tolkien
I’m being Interviewed!
At 8:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, I’m being interviewed about my Tolkien-language work, along with a good friend of mine, The Dwarrow Scholar https://dwarrowscholar.wordpress.com/ and you can listen and chat along with others listening to the show here: http://mixlr.com/the-players-alliance/
More Waiting
Sorry That I haven’t been on schedule with my updates! I just started a real paying job. It’s 40 hours a week – all of which are on my feet running around and leaving me completely wiped out at the end of the day. So, progress has been slowed significantly.