36363 http://uservoice.com/users/36363-twistedchick http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6ff5003c0d49e2d940098a9d4db86438?default=http://uservoice.com/images/icons/default-avatar.jpg twistedchick twistedchick twistedchick 66 177 20970 http://livemocha.uservoice.com/pages/2163-features/suggestions/20970-indicate-the-time-date-when-a-chat-is-requested- When I'm intermittently present-- online but in and out of Livemocha -- there's no way to know at what time someone wanted to chat, and the chat requests pile up with no indication of how long... When I'm intermittently present-- online but in and out of Livemocha -- there's no way to know at what time someone wanted to chat, and the chat requests pile up with no indication of how long they've been there. If a time was listed, it would be a lot easier to manage, especially on days when multiple people want to talk at the same time. 2 0 under review 2163 Features general 36363 twistedchick twistedchick twistedchick 2008-08-28T12:01:02Z 2009-01-29T20:03:28Z general 30236 http://livemocha.uservoice.com/pages/2163-features/suggestions/30236-organising-friends The friend list needs to be organized 1. When I click on 'more' link to view my or someone else's friends, the page that appears shows only 6 friends at a time based on Alphabetic ... The friend list needs to be organized properly. 1. When I click on 'more' link to view my or someone else's friends, the page that appears shows only 6 friends at a time based on Alphabetic order. Suggestion: The list should preferably be sorted on last login. Also one should be able to see more number of friends on page say, 20 - 30. They could be spread evenly around the page for a better look. Hovering the cursor over the picture should reveal some information about the friend/user. 2. One should be able to organize friends in various groups depending on: - language they speak - degree of friendliness :) or other criterion may be! This is all I can recall immediately! 60 6 under review 2163 Features general 51257 Saurabh Saurabh Saurabh 2008-09-29T15:51:01Z 2009-08-04T04:47:44Z general 21867 http://livemocha.uservoice.com/pages/2163-features/suggestions/21867-a-summary-page-for-each-lesson-with-vocabulary-and-grammar 62 3 under review 2163 Features general 37761 anonymous anonymous anonymous 2008-09-01T20:47:31Z 2009-01-29T19:54:26Z general 21046 http://livemocha.uservoice.com/pages/2163-features/suggestions/21046-have-more-exercises-available-at-end-of-courses Have writing and speaking exercises available for people who have finished all the available courses in a language -- ones that aren't just doing over again the exercises in the courses. Something to ... Have writing and speaking exercises available for people who have finished all the available courses in a language -- ones that aren't just doing over again the exercises in the courses. Something to keep working on beyond the end of 202. 221 10 under review 2163 Features general 36363 twistedchick twistedchick twistedchick 2008-08-28T16:54:42Z 2008-10-30T17:09:12Z general 36428 http://livemocha.uservoice.com/pages/2163-features/suggestions/36428-don-t-stick-to-one-size-fits-all-lessons I've completed the Spanish 101 course (although it's admittedly way below my level -- I was trying out the system and I still learned some new words or expressions now and then) and played a bit with... I've completed the Spanish 101 course (although it's admittedly way below my level -- I was trying out the system and I still learned some new words or expressions now and then) and played a bit with other courses as well. In so doing, I found it obvious that you created a course for learning English, then simply swapped in different words (and sometimes grammar structures) to make lessons for other languages. If this is not actually what happened, it still certainly looks that way. Now, I understand why you've done this, of course: It's a heck of a lot faster and easier to reuse pictures and sentence patterns for every language than to do every course from scratch. And it's true: a lot of the work you've done is just fine and can be adapted virtually as-is. But you can't do that for the entire course, because no two languages work exactly alike, and a lot of the differences come up from the very beginning. For example, the lessons for Romance languages invariably use familiar forms for "you", which I don't think is a good idea: the student should be introduced to the difference between familiar and formal forms from the beginning and be taught to err on the side of being too formal. The lessons also tend to use subject pronouns much more than necessary, which can form bad habits: it's a very common mistake to overuse subject pronouns, and students should be taught to use them only when actually necessary. There are other problems, too. For instance, Spanish 101 Unit 3 lesson 5 has the phrase "508 niñas", and somebody going by only the lesson would probably guess "Cincocientos ocho niñas", but in fact it must be "Quientas ocho niñas": the word for 500 is irregular and the numbers 100-900 must change for gender. But this wasn't taken into account, because the course wasn't designed with the Spanish language in mind. 288 16 under review 2163 Features general 61025 furrykef furrykef furrykef 2008-10-14T23:39:44Z 2009-01-29T19:54:16Z general 27436 http://livemocha.uservoice.com/pages/2163-features/suggestions/27436-add-verb-conjugator-grammar-lessons It would be very useful to add a feature that conjugates common verbs or gives the user brief grammar lessons for writing exercises. Many users on LiveMocha have very little exposure to the language... It would be very useful to add a feature that conjugates common verbs or gives the user brief grammar lessons for writing exercises. Many users on LiveMocha have very little exposure to the language and unless you've taken it in school before, the writing exercises are impossible! 635 27 started 2163 Features general 47227 anonymous anonymous anonymous 2008-09-20T11:58:23Z 2009-03-26T12:40:38Z general 19235 http://livemocha.uservoice.com/pages/2163-features/suggestions/19235-add-a-pause-function-for-audio-submissions Some are rather long. It would make writing and listening at the same time possible and it would be much easier to give concrete examples. Also it's not that difficult to implement. Some are rather long. It would make writing and listening at the same time possible and it would be much easier to give concrete examples. Also it's not that difficult to implement. 165 11 2163 Features general 33819 anonymous anonymous anonymous 2008-08-20T14:57:43Z 2008-08-20T14:57:43Z general 17623 http://livemocha.uservoice.com/pages/2163-features/suggestions/17623-a-wikipedia-like-solution-for-users-to-create-lessons The lessons by themselves are not sufficient if one wants to learn a language using only We need to have an addition to each lesson, that would allow users to create a lesson summing up the ... The lessons by themselves are not sufficient if one wants to learn a language using only Livemocha. We need to have an addition to each lesson, that would allow users to create a lesson summing up the content of the course. For instance: -vocabulary -tenses -grammar etc. As I am learning Hindi, I can tell that learning the devanagari alphabet is crucial. Yet nowhere on Livemocha can we find a tutorial. Users could modify the contents freely or under certain restraints (knowledge of the language, user's points, elections through votes by other members...) I think that would be a HUGE addition to LiveMocha. Long life!! 268 14 2163 Features general 31601 qdbout qdbout qdbout 2008-08-13T22:18:14Z 2008-08-13T22:18:14Z general 2008-08-28T11:58:12Z 2009-11-10T22:35:47Z