[olug] Very OT: SCOLA Open House (Y'all Invited)

Charles Bird cbird at mail.datar8.com
Wed Dec 6 22:21:30 UTC 2006


I'm planning on coming out unless I get some tickets opened for me.
I never know.


> wow! thanks for the info. i like the idea of SCOLA a lot. i'd like to see
> what kind of progress they are making. if i can get the time (very busy
> now)
> i would very much like to check out the open house.
>
> On 12/6/06, Thomas D. Williamson <twilliam at inebraska.com> wrote:
>>
>> I only know of the French broadcast. Once in a while there is another
>> broadcast, I don't know which country, but they have English
>> overdubbed on parts of the broadcast. It looks strange, the text is in
>> an non-Latin script, but the spoken word over it is in English. A key
>> purpose of SCOLA is to provide information in the native languages of
>> immigrants and for language learners to hear and see how the language
>> works in real situations. I think the French and German programming is
>> designed by agencies for the purpose of learning language. Much of the
>> German programming is labeled as a Deutsche-Welle, which works with
>> the Goethe Institute, and the Institute is for learning German.
>>
>> Tom Williamson
>>
>> Quoting DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com>:
>>
>> > sounds like some good programming, but i speak only english. i can
>> kinda
>> > follow depending on the language. how much of the programming has
>> subtitles?
>> >
>> >
>> > On 12/6/06, Thomas D. Williamson <twilliam at inebraska.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'll catch the German and French broadcasts in the evenings. I can
>> >> follow enough German to generally make sense of the broadcast. The
>> >> French news segments have English subtitles which makes them easy to
>> >> follow. The different perspectives are refreshing from the wholly
>> >> American view and lets me see how our actions are seen abroad.
>> >>
>> >> Although during the prime time, the broadcast is more directed to
>> >> medical information mostly originating from UNMC.
>> >>
>> >> Tom Williamson
>> >>
>> >> Quoting Will Langford <unfies at gmail.com>:
>> >>
>> >> > I'll watch SCOLA from time to time on ... cox ... channel.... 6 ? 4
>> ?
>> >> > Something like that.  It's not entirely all just local news
>> casts...
>> >> > sometimes you'll get technology shows or similar (ie: once, a
>> 'german'
>> >> time
>> >> > slot was a 30ish minute german car tech show about the auto-parking
>> or
>> >> > auto-driving car stuff about a month before commercials aired here
>> about
>> >> > it).
>> >> >
>> >> > It's kinda cool to see the politics, mannerisms and such of other
>> >> countries
>> >> > (having lived abroad its kinda refreshing).  I do recall watching
>> some
>> >> south
>> >> > american news thing that gave 5-10min to a returning doctor from
>> >> Katrina.
>> >> > That was narly. Also kinda cool to see Putin and stuff in the
>> Russian
>> >> stuff.
>> >> >
>> >> > Basically, if you're tired of the dribble on G4, the reruns on
>> >> adultswim,
>> >> > etc, give it a watch, its different.  You'll have to get beyond the
>> >> language
>> >> > barrier... which some people can't do.
>> >> >
>> >> > -Will
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